Microstructure and optical properties of Pr3+-doped hafnium silicate films

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  An, YongTao ^a   Labbé, Christophe ^a   Khomenkova, Larysa ^a   Morales, Magali ^a   Portier, Xavier ^a   Gourbilleau, Fabrice ^a  

^a Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale   (France)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Hafnium silicate; Oxygen vacancies; Photoluminescence; Praseodymium

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAFNIUM OXIDES; IONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRASEODYMIUM; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATES; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS;

EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION OF THE MICROSTRUCTURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED ABSORPTION; HAFNIUM SILICATE FILMS; HAFNIUM SILICATES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; POST ANNEALING TREATMENT; RUTHERFORD BACK-SCATTERING SPECTROMETRY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84875151614     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-43     Document Type: Article

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