Photoluminescence induced by thermal annealing in SrTiO3 thin film

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Rho, Jaehoon ^a   Jang, Seunghun ^a   Ko, Young Dong ^d   Kang, Seungjin ^c   Kim, Dong Wook ^b   Chung, J S ^d   Kim, Miyoung ^c   Han, Moonsup ^a   Choi, Eunjip ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AS-GROWN FILMS; BAND GAPS; DEFECT STATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LONG TERM; LUMINESCENCE PEAK; P-L EFFECT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; PL EMISSION; POST ANNEALING TREATMENT; RF-SPUTTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SRTIO; THERMAL-ANNEALING; VISIBLE FREQUENCIES;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; THIN FILMS;

ANNEALING;

EID: 77956140100     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3275707     Document Type: Article

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25. 2 buffer migrates into the STO layer and forms some defect levels. However, we recently observed the visible-PL emissions in thermally annealed single crystal STO, which eliminates this possibility.