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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Silicon nanocrystals embedded in SiC are studied by spectrophotometry and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. Absorptivities are found to be affected by residual Fabry-Pérot interference arising from measurements of reflection and transmission at locations of different film thickness. Multiple computational and experimental methods to avoid these errors in thin film measurements, in general, are discussed. Corrected absorptivity depends on the quantity of Si embedded in the SiC but is independent of the Si crystallinity, indicating a relaxation of the k-conservation criterion for optical transitions in the nanocrystals. Tauc gaps of 1.8–2.0 and 2.12 eV are determined for Si nanoclusters and SiC, respectively. PL spectra exhibit a red-shift of ∼100 nm per nm nominal Si nanocluster diameter, which is in agreement with quantum confinement but revealed to be an artifact entirely due to Fabry-Pérot interference …
Publisher: 
AIP Publishing LLC
Publication date: 
28 Jan 2015
Authors: 

M Schnabel, C Summonte, Sergey A Dyakov, M Canino, L López-Conesa, P Löper, S Janz, PR Wilshaw

Biblio References: 
Volume: 117 Issue: 4 Pages: 045307
Origin: 
Journal of Applied Physics