Cathodoluminescence measurements and thermal activation of rare earth doped (Tb3+, Dy3+and Eu3+) a-SiC thin films prepared by rf magnetron sputtering

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 527-529, Issue PART 1, 2006, Pages 663-666

  Weingartner R ^a,b   Erlenbach, O ^a,b   De Zela, F ^a   Winnacker, A ^b   Brauer, I ^b   Strunk, H P ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b Department of Materials Science 6 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous SiC; Cathodoluminescence; Dysprosium; Europium; Rare earth doping; Terbium; Thermal annealing

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYSPROSIUM; EUROPIUM; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RARE EARTH ADDITIONS; TERBIUM; THIN FILMS;

ANNEALING TREATMENT; RARE EARTH DOPING; THERMAL ANNEALING;

SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 37849017407     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/0-87849-425-1.663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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