Photoluminescence properties of erbium-doped structures of silicon nanocrystals in silicon dioxide matrixстатья
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Аннотация:We present a study of the photoluminescence (PL) of structures of Si nanocrystals (nc-Si) in erbium-doped amorphous silicon dioxide. It is shown that the energy of excitons confined in nc-Si of 2-5 nm sizes is efficiently transferred to Er3+ ions in surrounding SiO2 and a strong PL line at 1.5 mu m appears. At high excitation intensity the population inversion of Er3+ ion states is achieved. These results demonstrate good perspectives of Er-doped nc-Si/SiO2 structures for possible applications in Si-based optical amplifiers and lasers. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.