Effect of thermal annealing treatments on the optical properties of rare-earth-doped AlN films

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zanatta, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; FILM PREPARATION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SAMARIUM; YTTERBIUM;

ALN; ALN FILMS; AS-DEPOSITED FILMS; DEPOSITION METHODS; DOPED FILMS; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; OPTICAL BAND-GAPS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY SPUTTERING; RARE-EARTH; RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SPECTRAL FEATURES; THERMAL ANNEALING TREATMENTS; THERMAL-ANNEALING; UNDOPED FILMS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 63649097329     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/2/025109     Document Type: Article

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