Energy transfer from luminescent centers to Er3+ in erbium-doped silicon-rich oxide films

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Jin, Lu ^a,b   Li, Dongsheng ^a,b   Xiang, Luelue ^a,b   Wang, Feng ^a,b   Yang, Deren ^a,b   Que, Duanlin ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Erbium ion; Luminescence centers; Silicon nanoclusters; Silicon rich oxide

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCLUSTERS; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; ENERGY TRANSFER MECHANISMS; ERBIUM ION; ERBIUM-DOPED SILICON; LUMINESCENCE CENTERS; NEUTRAL OXYGEN VACANCY; SILICON NANOCLUSTERS; SILICON RICH OXIDES;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84887290780     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-366     Document Type: Article

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