Influence of Growth Temperature on Photoluminescence of Thin SiCGe Films on 6H-SiC
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Influence of Growth Temperature on Photoluminescence of Thin SiCGe Films on 6H-SiC
Chinese Journal of LuminescenceVol. 31, Issue 3, Pages: 373-377(2010)
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西安理工大学 电子工程系,陕西 西安,710048
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CLC:O484.1;O482.31
Received:09 December 2009,
Revised:02 January 1900,
Published Online:30 June 2010,
Published:30 June 2010
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LI Lian-bi, CHEN Zhi-ming. Influence of Growth Temperature on Photoluminescence of Thin SiCGe Films on 6H-SiC[J]. Chinese journal of luminescence, 2010, 31(3): 373-377.
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LI Lian-bi, CHEN Zhi-ming. Influence of Growth Temperature on Photoluminescence of Thin SiCGe Films on 6H-SiC[J]. Chinese journal of luminescence, 2010, 31(3): 373-377.DOI:
Influence of Growth Temperature on Photoluminescence of Thin SiCGe Films on 6H-SiC
SiC is an ideal material for manufacturing devices for use in power electronics
high temperature electronics and microwave communication. However
due to its wide band gap
SiC is not sensitive to long-wavelength light ranging from most of the visible to the infrared region of the optical spectrum. This essentially limits its application for detection of visible and infrared light. A promising way to solve this problem is to adopt an SiCGe/SiC heterojunction structure
in which the ternary alloy SiCGe with appropriate composition is used as a light-absorption layer. In this paper
the ternary alloy SiCGe thin films were grown on 6H-SiC substrates in a conventional hot-wall CVD system. The influence of growth temperature on the photoluminescence (PL) and the structure of thin SiCGe films was investigated by PL spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope. The relation between the PL characteristics and structure of thin SiCGe films is discussed. The PL spectra of the thin SiCGe films grown at different growth temperatures (980
1 030 and 1 060 ℃) exhibit emission peaks located at 2.13
2.18
2.31 eV
respectively. The component analysis and band-gap calculation of thin SiCGe films showed the PL peak comes from the radiative recombination between energy bands. And the regulatory effect of changing growth temperature on band gap of the thin SiCGe films is confirmed. The tempe-rature-dependent PL spectra showed that the peak has an obvious blue-shift when the testing temperature increases higher than 200 K. It is due to different luminescent mechanisms. When the testing temperature is under 200 K
photoluminescence is related to the impurity and defect energy levels; as the testing temperature is higher
the radiative recombination is dominant in the luminescent mechanisms.
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