scholarly journals Erbium Luminescence Centres in Single- and Nano-Crystalline Diamond—Effects of Ion Implantation Fluence and Thermal Annealing

Micromachines ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Jakub Cajzl ◽  
Pavla Nekvindová ◽  
Anna Macková ◽  
Petr Malinský ◽  
Jiří Oswald ◽  
...  
2004 ◽  
Vol 03 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 425-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. MARKWITZ ◽  
S. JOHNSON ◽  
M. RUDOLPHI ◽  
H. BAUMANN

A combination of 10 keV 13 C low energy ion implantation and electron beam rapid thermal annealing (EB-RTA) is used to fabricate silicon carbide nanostructures on (100) silicon surfaces. These large ellipsoidal features appear after EB-RTA at 1000°C for 15 s. Prior to annealing, the silicon surfaces are virgin-like flat. Atomic force microscopy was used to study the morphology of these structures and it was found that the diameter and number of nanoboulders are linearly dependent on the implantation fluence. Further, a linear relationship between nanoboulder diameter and spacing suggests crystal coarsening is a fundamental element in the growth mechanism.


1988 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Elman ◽  
Emil S. Koteles ◽  
P. Melman ◽  
C. A. Armiento

ABSTRACTLow energy ion implantation followed by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) was utilized to modify exciton transition energies of MBE- rown GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells (QW). The samples were irradiated with an 75As ion beam with an energy low enough that the depth of the disordered region was spatially separated from the QWs. After RTA, exciton energies (determined using optical spectroscopy) showed large increases which were dependent on QW widths and the implantation fluence with no significant increases in peak linewidths. These energy shifts were interpreted as resulting from the modification of the shapes of the as-grown QWs from square (abrupt interfaces) to rounded due to enhanced Ga and Al interdiffusion in irradiated areas. These results are similar to our data on the RTA of the same structures capped with SiO2 and are consistent with the model of enhanced intermixing of Al and Ga atoms due to diffusion of vacancies generated near the surface.


2007 ◽  
Vol 1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhengda Pan ◽  
S H Morgan ◽  
A Ueda ◽  
R Aga ◽  
A Steigerwald ◽  
...  

AbstractPhotoluminescence (PL) of erbium-doped zinc oxide films with nano-sized grains was studied. The films were grown on silicon (100) and fused silica substrates using e-beam evaporation. The evaporating targets used were sintered pellets of ZnO and Er2O3 mixtures with two different Er concentrations. The films were subsequently annealed at 700 °C in air for an hour. PL was measured at two excitation wavelengths, 325 and 488 nm. The 325 nm is used for exciting the host semiconductor ZnO and 488 nm is used for directly exciting Er3+ ions in the ZnO host. Strong Er3+ luminescence of 4S3/2 → 4I15/2 and 4F9/2 → 4I15/2 transitions was observed from annealed film with 4.0 % Er2O3 concentration using either 325 or 488 nm excitation. With 325 nm excitation, the Er3+ luminescence observed is attributed to energy transfer from the excitons in ZnO host to the Er3+ ions doped. The effective energy transfer from ZnO host to the doped Er3+ ions is an essential property for the realization of actual current-injection opto-electronic devices operating at wavelengths of Er3+ emission, for example, at 1.54 μm for the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA). Our PL results indicate that thermal annealing plays an important role for optically activating the doped Er3+ ions in ZnO nano-crystalline grains of the film.


Vacuum ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 132-135
Author(s):  
J.X. Xu ◽  
X.H. Xiao ◽  
F. Ren ◽  
X.D. Zhou ◽  
G.X. Cai ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. B. Erzgräber ◽  
P. Zaumseil ◽  
E. Bugiel ◽  
R. Sorge ◽  
K. Tittelbach‐Helmrich ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Chen ◽  
S.-Tong Lee ◽  
G. Braunstein ◽  
G. Rajeswaran ◽  
P. Fellinger

AbstractDefects induced by ion implantation and subsequent annealing are found to either promote or suppress layer intermixing in Ill-V compound semiconductor superlattices (SLs). We have studied this intriguing relationship by examining how implantation and annealing conditions affect defect creation and their relevance to intermixing. Layer intermixing has been induced in SLs implanted with 220 keV Si+ at doses < 1 × 1014 ions/cm2 and annealed at 850°C for 3 hrs or 1050°C for 10 s. Upon furnace annealing, significant Si in-diffusion is observed over the entire intermixed region, but with rapid thermal annealing layer intermixing is accompanied by negligible Si movement. TEM showed that the totally intermixed layers are centered around a buried band of secondary defects and below the Si peak position. In the nearsurface region layer intermixing is suppressed and is only partially completed at ≤1 × 1015 Si/cm2. This inhibition is correlated to a loss of the mobile implantation-induced defects, which are responsible for intermixing.


2017 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Junji Yamanaka ◽  
Shigenori Inoue ◽  
Keisuke Arimoto ◽  
Kiyokazu Nakagawa ◽  
Kentarou Sawano ◽  
...  

1985 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Kwong ◽  
N. S. Alvi ◽  
Y. H. Ku ◽  
A. W. Cheung

ABSTRACTDouble-diffused shallow junctions have been formed by ion implantation of both phosphorus and arsenic ions into silicon substrates and rapid thermal annealing. Experimental results on defect removal, impurity activation and redistribution, effects of Si preamorphization, and electrical characteristics of Ti-silicided junctions are presented.


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