Comparative analysis of photoluminescence and electroluminescence of multilayer structures with self-assembled Ge(Si)/Si(001) island
Comparative studies of the photoluminescence and electroluminescence of multilayer structures with self-assembled Ge(Si)/Si(001) islands are carried out. The luminescence signal from the islands is observable up to room temperature. Annealing of the structures induces a shift of the luminescence peak to shorter wavelengths. The shift is temperature dependent, making possible controllable variations in the spectral position of the luminescence peak of the Ge(Si) islands in the range from 1.3 to 1.55 {mu}m. The enhancement of the temperature quenching of photoluminescence of the islands with increasing annealing temperature is attributed to the decrease in the Ge content in the islands during annealing and, as a result, to a decrease in the depth of the potential well for holes in the islands. The well-pronounced suppression of the temperature quenching of electroluminescence of the Ge(Si) islands in the unannealed structure with increasing pumping current is demonstrated.
- OSTI ID:
- 21087913
- Journal Information:
- Semiconductors, Vol. 42, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s11453-008-3008-3; Copyright (c) 2008 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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