Kehoe, Thomas Bernard (1993) A photoluminescence study of indium implanted silicon. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.
Abstract
The results of a photolummescence (PL) study of indium implanted silicon are presented. When silicon implanted with indium is annealed in the temperature range 400°C to 700°C a sharp no-phonon line at 1096 6 ± 0 1 meV with an associated phonon sideband is produced in the PL spectra Usmg uniaxial stress perturbation techniques the no-phonon line is identified as an A to A transition at a centre with trigonal symmetry. The shift rates for the lme under stress are found to be nonlinear, indicating that some mteraction with a nearby excited state is occurring. Transitions from this state are not directly observed Evidence suggests that the luminescence arises from the recombmation of excitons bound to an electrically neutral indium-implantation damage related centre, and that these exciton states are conduction band associated or donor-like in nature. This centre is shown to be similar to one of three defects observed by Wichert et al [1], usmg the perturbed angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy technique, in silicon implanted with the radioactive indium isotope, indium-111.
The benefits of PL as a complementary technique to PAC and other nuclear techniques, and of radioactive implants to PL spectroscopy, are briefly outlined.
Metadata
Item Type: | Thesis (Master of Science) |
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Date of Award: | 1993 |
Refereed: | No |
Supervisor(s): | Henry, Martin O. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Photoluminescence; Silicon |
Subjects: | Physical Sciences > Spectrum analysis |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Physical Sciences |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 18914 |
Deposited On: | 28 Aug 2013 14:05 by Celine Campbell . Last Modified 16 Jan 2015 15:38 |
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