کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5351339 | 1503657 | 2014 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Structural and optical properties of magnetron-sputtered Er-doped AlN films grown under negative substrate bias
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مهندسی و علوم پایه
شیمی
شیمی تئوریک و عملی
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چکیده انگلیسی
In seeking suitable host-microstructures enhancing photoluminescent (PL) efficiency of reactively sputtered Er-doped AlN films deposited under varying negative substrate bias, we observed that the films' Er-emitted PL intensity at the wavelength of 1.54 μm builds up with bias up 50 V, before falling sharply and collapsing for U above 90 V. We studied for further insight the bias-induced effects on the film microstructural and optical properties. The transmission electron microscope images of these films biased up to â¼50 V showed improved film crystallographic quality with wide and long columnar microstructures. The columnar crystallized volumes therein are maximized around a particular bias value around 90 V, above which they have finely grained nano-granular microstructures. This film-microstructural evolution concurs well with the film refractive index n and extinction coefficient k obtained from ellipsometry. Both surge for films biased from â¼50 V to â¼90 V. These correlating evidences point out that adequate adatom mobility gained under low-energy ion bombardment with bias up to 50 V properly configures the AlN Wurzite planes while leaving behind fewer sites for PL-quenching defects. Meanwhile, Urbach tail states associated with other visible-light absorbing defects created by some material disorder in appropriate locations within the columns should have absorb the exciting photon energy and transfer it efficiently to the emitting Er3+ ions. These evidences further indicate that the newer defects created under bias above 100 V act as non-radiative centers in putting out the PL. We suggest that these latter defects would be located with a high density, at the numerous grain boundaries of the nano-crystallized volumes.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Applied Surface Science - Volume 307, 15 July 2014, Pages 189-196
Journal: Applied Surface Science - Volume 307, 15 July 2014, Pages 189-196
نویسندگان
Jérémy Legrand, Philippe Pigeat, Thomas Easwarakhanthan, Hervé Rinnert,