Theoretical and experimental depth-resolved cathodoluminescence microanalysis of excitonic emission from ZnO epilayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Ye, J D ^a   Zhao, H ^b   Liu, W ^b   Gu, S L ^b   Zhang, R ^b   Zheng, Y D ^b   Tan, S T ^a   Sun, X W ^a   Lo, G Q ^a   Teo, K L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPILAYERS; EXCITONS; MICROANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

CARRIER NONRADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; EXCITONIC EMISSION; STRUCTURAL DISORDERS; SURFACE SPACE CHARGE LAYERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

EID: 41649086936     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2907249     Document Type: Article

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