Magnetic field effect on the visible photoluminescence of porous silicon

T. V. Torchynska, A. Diaz Cano, L. Y. Khomenkova, V. N. Zakharchenko, R. V. Zakharchenko, J. González-Hernández, Y. V. Vorobiev

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Abstract

The excitation and emission spectra of red photoluminescence of Si wire nanostructures were studied in dependence on surface morphology and influence of magnetic field. The magnetic field of 0.5 T reduced the emission intensity by 10 % at all emission spectral range. Comparison of the two photoluminescence models - the quantum confinement and the hot carrier ballistic ones - favours the second model based on the assumption of the excitation of interface oxide defect related luminescence by hot quazi-ballistic carriers created by illumination. The effective mobility of hot electrons is estimated as 6000 cm 2/Vs, which greatly exceeds normal electron mobility (1900 cm 2V · s) in Si and thus confirms the presence of hot carrier ballistic motion.

Translated title of the contributionEfecto del campo magnético sobre la fotoluminiscencia visible del silicio poroso
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3314-3318
Number of pages5
JournalPhysica Status Solidi C: Conferences
Volume2
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

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