High quantum efficiency photoluminescence from localized excitons in Si1−xGex
- 22 June 1992
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 60 (25) , 3174-3176
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.106733
Abstract
We report a new photoluminescence process in epitaxial Si1−xGex layers grown on Si by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition which we attribute to the recombination of excitons localized at random alloy fluctuations. This luminescence is characterized by saturation at very low excitation densities (≂100 μW cm−2), very long decay times (≳1 ms), and high quantum efficiency at low excitation. We have directly measured an external photoluminescence quantum efficiency of 11.5±2%.Keywords
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