Photoluminescence of Er-doped ZnO nanoparticle films via direct and indirect excitation

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pan, Zhengda ^a   Ueda, Akira ^a   Xu, Haiyang ^b   Hark, Sui K ^b   Morgan, Steven H ^a   Mu, Richard ^a  

^a FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Erbium; Nanoparticle; Photoluminescence; ZnO film

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; FUSED SILICA; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IONS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ANNEALED FILMS; DIRECT EXCITATION; E BEAM EVAPORATION; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; FUSED SILICA SUBSTRATES; NANOCRYSTALLINE PARTICLE; SILICON (100); ZNO FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84885169357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.6.063508     Document Type: Article

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