OBSERVATION OF ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ABOVE ROOM-TEMPERATURE IN STRAINED P-TYPE SI0.65GE0.35/SI(111) MULTIPLE-QUANTUM WELLS

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FUKATSU, S [1 ]
USAMI, N [1 ]
SHIRAKI, Y [1 ]
NISHIDA, A [1 ]
NAKAGAWA, K [1 ]
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[1] HITACHI LTD,CENT RES LAB,KOKUBUNJI,TOKYO 185,JAPAN
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10.1016/0022-0248(93)90796-Y
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
Electroluminescence (EL) was observed above room temperature in p-type strained Si0.65Ge0.35/Si multiple quantum wells (MQWs) grown on Si(111) substrates by Si MBE. No-phonon band-edge luminescence and its transverse optical phonon replica were well resolved in the EL spectrum at 330 K. In contrast, a broad alloy band dominated the spectrum at lower temperatures, located approximately 100 meV below the band-edge state. Such alloy band emission was found to develop in QWs with a higher Ge content, x > 0.3. Both the emission of this alloy band and the quantized band-edge states were observed around 180 K. The emission intensity of the alloy band tended to saturate with increasing current injection, whereas the band-edge emission was found to increase superlinearly, suggesting the alloy band emission to be of localized excitonic origin.
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