1. Dynamics of high quantum efficiency photoluminescence from N-Si-O bonding states in oxygenated amorphous silicon nitride films.
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Pengzhan Zhang, Kunji Chen, Zewen Lin, Dameng Tan, Hengping Dong, Wei Li, Jun Xu, and Xinfan Huang
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SILICON nitride ,PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ,LUMINESCENCE ,QUANTUM efficiency ,PHYSICS research - Abstract
We have reported high internal quantum efficiency (IQE) (~60%) of photoluminescence(PL) at 470 nm wavelength from oxygenated amorphous silicon nitride (a-SiN
x :O) films. In this work, we explored the dynamics of high PL IQE from luminescent N-Si-O bonding states in a-SiNx :O films by using a combination of time resolved PL(TRPL) and temperature dependent PL (TDPL) measurements. The TRPL measurements include time integrated PL, microsecond range PL, and nanosecond range PL measurement modes. The a-SiNx :O films exhibit ns PL decay dynamics that is independent of pumping fluence (WPF ) and uniform across the PL spectrum, which is different from the PL decay behavior in a-SiNx films. Particularly, we precisely monitored the temporal evolution of the PL spectra profile to verify that the luminescent N-Si-O bonding states are responsible for the observed blue PL with a radiative recombination rate of ~108 s-1 . Such very fast radiative recombination rate can be compared with that in direct band gap CdSe nanocrystals and can also help us to understand the high PL IQE in a-SiNx :O films. Moreover, by combining the TD-PL lifetimes with the PL IQE values, the temperature dependence of radiative and nonradiative lifetime can be determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2016
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