Luminescence of black silicon

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Serpengüzel, Ali ^a   Kurt, Adnan ^a   Inanç, Ibrahim ^b   Cary, James E ^c   Mazur, Eric ^d  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SiOnyx Inc   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Band tail recombination; Black silicon; Laser spectroscopy; Luminescence; Optical communication; Photoluminescence; Quenching; Recombination; Silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; SILICON PHOTONICS;

BAND TAIL; BLACK SILICON; EXCITATION LASERS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; RECOMBINATION; THERMALIZATION; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 63049125641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2896069     Document Type: Article

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