Johnston, K., Cullen, Joseph, Henry, Martin O., McGlynn, Enda ORCID: 0000-0002-3412-9035 and Stachura, M. (2011) Evidence for As lattice location and Ge bound exciton luminescence in ZnO implanted with 73As and 73Ge. Physical Review B (PRB), 83 (12). p. 125205. ISSN 1550-235X
Abstract
The results of photoluminescence (PL) measurements performed on high quality single crystal ZnO implanted
with radioactive 73Ga and 73As, both of which decay to stable 73Ge, are presented. Identical effects are observed in the two cases, with a sharp line at 3.3225(5) eV found to grow in intensity in accordance with the growth rate of the Ge daughter atom populations. On the strength of the well-established result that Ga occupies Zn sites, we conclude from the identical outcomes for 73Ga and 73As implantations that implanted As also preferentially occupies Zn sites. This result supports the findings of others that As preferentially occupies the Zn rather than the O site in ZnO. The thermal quenching energy of the 3.3225(5) eV line is found to be only 2.9(1) meV in contrast to its large spectral shift of 53.4(1) meV with respect to the lowest energy free exciton. The PL is attributed to exciton recombination at neutral Ge double donors on Zn sites involving transitions that leave the donor in an excited state.
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Subjects: | Physical Sciences > Spectrum analysis Physical Sciences > Semiconductors |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Institutes and Centres > National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology (NCPST) DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Physical Sciences |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.125205 |
Copyright Information: | © 2011 APS |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 19664 |
Deposited On: | 20 Nov 2013 13:55 by Enda Mcglynn . Last Modified 19 Mar 2019 15:34 |
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