Enhanced Emission of Quantum System in Si-Ge Nanolayer Structure

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2016 Dec;11(1):462. doi: 10.1186/s11671-016-1682-4. Epub 2016 Oct 18.

Abstract

It is very interesting that the enhanced peaks near 1150 and 1550 nm are observed in the photoluminescence (PL) spectra in the quantum system of Si-Ge nanolayer structure, which have the emission characteristics of a three-level system with quantum dots (QDs) pumping and emission of quasi-direct-gap band, in our experiment. In the preparing process of Si-Ge nanolayer structure by using a pulsed laser deposition method, it is discovered that the nanocrystals of Si and Ge grow in the (100) and (111) directions after annealing or electron beam irradiation. The enhanced PL peaks with multi-longitudinal-mode are measured at room temperature in the super-lattice of Si-Ge nanolayer quantum system on SOI.

Keywords: (100) and (111) direction; Quantum system; Si-Ge nanolayer structure; Super-lattice.

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