Investigation on the origin of green light emission in ZnO bulk materials

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 360-368

  Yang, Jinghai ^a,b   Yang, Lili ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yongjun ^a   Wang, Dandan ^a,b   Lang, Jihui ^a,d,e   Zhao, Qingxiang ^c  

^a JILIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk ZnO; green light emission; Implantation; Photoluminescence; PL

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ION IMPLANTATION; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

BULK MATERIALS; BULK ZNO; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; GREEN LIGHT EMISSION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PL SPECTRA;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 64849093371     PISSN: 02681900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2009.024668     Document Type: Article

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