ELECTRICALLY-INDUCED SELECTIVE QUENCHING OF POROUS SILICON PHOTOLUMINESCENCE

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BSIESY, A
MULLER, F
MIHALCESCU, I
LIGEON, M
GASPARD, F
HERINO, R
ROMESTAIN, R
VIAL, JC
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[1] Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique associé au CNRS (URA 08), Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble, 38402 Saint Martin d'Heres Cedex
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10.1016/0022-2313(93)90101-R
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Visible photoluminescence (PL) of porous silicon is found to be completely quenched by the application of a cathodic polarization. Cathodically biased lightly doped n-type porous layers in contact with an aqueous solution exhibit reversible, complete and energy-selective quenching for a polarization variation of only about 500 mV. A spectral blueshift along with a narrowing of the line width accompanies the observed strong PL quenching. It results from a selective quenching starting by the low luminescence energy and reaching progressively the high luminescence energy as the cathodic polarization is increased.
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