Visible luminescence from porous silicon and siloxene: Recent results

H. D. Fuchs, M. Rosenbauer, M. S. Brandt, S. Ernst, S. Finkbeiner, M. Stutzmann, K. Syassen, J. Weber, H. J. Queisser, M. Cardona

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Abstract

The optical properties of porous Si (p-Si) are compared to those of siloxene and its derivatives in order to gain more insight into the mechanism of the luminescence observed in p-Si. We report new results of photoluminescence (PL), photoluminescence excitation (PLE), time-dependent and pressure-dependent photoluminescence, and optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR). Important information about the structural, electronic, and microscopic nature of the two classes of materials are deduced from these experiments. Annealed siloxene and p-Si show very similar properties, suggesting that siloxene-related structures, e.g. electrically isolated Si6-rings, might be responsible for the luminescence in p-Si. The Si-planes in as-prepared siloxene, with their green luminescence, are metastable and are readily oxidized into red-luminescent siloxene configurations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
PublisherPubl by Materials Research Society
Pages203-208
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)1558991786
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the Second Symposium on Dynamics in Small Confining Systems - Boston, MA, USA
Duration: 30 Nov 19924 Dec 1992

Publication series

NameMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume283
ISSN (Print)0272-9172

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the Second Symposium on Dynamics in Small Confining Systems
CityBoston, MA, USA
Period30/11/924/12/92

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