Quantum-size effect in uniform Ge-Sn alloy nanodots observed by photoemission spectroscopy

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 45-49, 2007, Pages

  Nakayama, Yasuo ^a,c   Takase, Keiko ^b   Hirahara, Toru ^a,b   Haseoawa, Shuji ^a,b   Okuda, Taichi ^b   Harasawa, Ayumi ^b   Matsuda, Iwao ^a,b   Nakamura, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Ichikawa, Masakazu ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GeSn nanodots; Optoelectronics; Photoemission; Quantum size effect

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOEMISSION; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIZE DETERMINATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TIN; TIN ALLOYS;

GESN NANODOTS; NANODOTS; OPTOELECTRONICS; PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPIES; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECT; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SI SUBSTRATES; SIZE EFFECTS; SN ALLOYS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 44649136475     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.L1176     Document Type: Article

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