Fabrication and optical properties of Si/CaF2(111) multi-quantum wells

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Bassani, F [1 ]
Vervoort, L [1 ]
Mihalcescu, I [1 ]
Vial, JC [1 ]
dAvitaya, FA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV GRENOBLE 1,SPECTROMETRIE PHYS LAB,F-38042 ST MARTIN DHERES,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.361834
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We have synthesized, by molecular beam epitaxy, Si/CaF2(111) multi-quantum wells which are photoluminescent at room temperature after ageing in air. In this article, we report on the structural properties and on a detailed optical study of these heterostructures. The photoluminescence spectra for various confinements and the temperature dependence of the lifetimes as a function of emission wavelength are described in comparison with the corresponding characteristics of porous silicon and hydrogenated amorphous silicon. A model based on quantum confinement is proposed to explain the experimental data. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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