Self-Organized Growth of Si/Silica/Er2Si2O7 Core−Shell Nanowire Heterostructures and their Luminescence
- 11 November 2005
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 5 (12), 2432-2437
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nl051684h
Abstract
Self-organized Si-Er heterostructure nanowires showed promising 1.54 microm Er(3+) optical activity. Si nanowires of about 120-nm diameter were grown vertically on Si substrates by the vapor-liquid-solid mechanism in an Si-Er-Cl-H(2) system using an Au catalyst. Meanwhile, a single-crystalline Er(2)Si(2)O(7) shell sandwiched between nanometer-thin amorphous silica shells was self-organized on the surface of Si nanowires. The nanometer-thin heterostructure shells make it possible to observe a carrier-mediated 1.53 microm Er(3+) photoluminescence spectrum consisting of a series of very sharp peaks. The Er(3+) spectrum and intensity showed absolutely no change as the temperature was increased from 25 to 300 K. The luminescence lifetime at room temperature was found to be 70 micros. The self-organized Si nanowires show great potential as the material basis for developing an Si-based Er light source.Keywords
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