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Surface excitons on a ZnO (000-1) thin film

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829466· OSTI ID:22254104
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  1. Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max Born Str. 2A, Berlin D-12489 (Germany)
  2. Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, Berlin D-12489 (Germany)
Elementary excitations at the polar (000-1) surface of a 20 nm pseudomorphically grown ZnO thin film are examined by steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy at low temperature. We control the density of emission centers through the deposition of prototypical organic molecules with a carboxylic acid anchor group by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Knowledge of the precise film thickness, defect concentrations and number density of deposited molecules leads us to associate the surface exciton emission to defect-related localization centers that are generated through a photochemical process.
OSTI ID:
22254104
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 103; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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