Infrared Optical Properties of Amorphous Silicon Oxynitride and Their Theoretical Interpretation

1990 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 641-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Teschner
2000 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinaldo Cubeddu ◽  
Cosimo D'Andrea ◽  
Antonio Pifferi ◽  
Paola Taroni ◽  
Alessandro Torricelli ◽  
...  

1982 ◽  
Vol 21 (Part 1, No. 3) ◽  
pp. 418-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seinosuke Onari ◽  
Osamu Sugino ◽  
Michio Kato ◽  
Toshihiro Arai

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 2561-2573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spyros Gallis ◽  
Vasileios Nikas ◽  
Eric Eisenbraun ◽  
Mengbing Huang ◽  
Alain E. Kaloyeros

The composition, structure, morphology, and optical characteristics of hydrogenated amorphous silicon-oxycarbide (a-SiCxOyHz) materials were investigated as a function of experimental processing conditions and post-deposition thermal treatment. Thermal chemical vapor deposition (TCVD) was applied to the growth of three different types of a-SiCxOyHz films, namely, SiC-like (SiC1.08O0.07H0.21), Si-C-O (SiC0.50O1.20H0.22), and SiO2-like (SiC0.20O1.70H0.24). The resulting films were subsequently annealed at temperatures ranging from 500 °C to 1100 °C for 1 h in an argon atmosphere. The composition, structure, and morphology of as-deposited and post-annealed films were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), nuclear-reaction analysis (NRA), and scanning electron microscopy. Corresponding optical properties were assessed by spectroscopic ultraviolet-visible ellipsometry (UV-VIS-SE). These studies led to the identification of an optimized process window for the growth of Er doped silicon oxycarbide (SiC0.5O1.0:Er) thin film with strong room-temperature photoluminescence emission measured around 1540 nm within a broad (460 nm to 600 nm) wavelength band. Associated modeling studies showed that the effective cross section for Er excitation in the SiC0.5O1.0:Er matrix was approximately four orders of magnitude larger than its analog for direct optical excitation of Er ions.


2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (S6) ◽  
pp. A856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Bergmann ◽  
Martin Heusinger ◽  
Gudrun Andrä ◽  
Fritz Falk

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