Light emission from silicon with tin-containing nanocrystals

Tin-containing nanocrystals, embedded in silicon, have been fabricated by growing an epitaxial layer of Si1−x−ySnxCy, where x = 1.6 % and y = 0.04 % on a silicon substrate, followed by annealing at various temperatures ranging from 650 ∘C to 900 ∘C. The nanocrystal density and average diameters are...

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Main Authors: Søren Roesgaard, Jacques Chevallier, Peter I. Gaiduk, John Lundsgaard Hansen, Pia Bomholt Jensen, Arne Nylandsted Larsen, Axel Svane, Peter Balling, Brian Julsgaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2015-07-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4926596