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- Title
Photoluminescence Intensity Enhancement of Single Silicon Quantum Dots on a Metal Membrane with a Spacer.
- Authors
Zhou, Jingjian; Pevere, Federico; Gatty, Hithesh K.; Linnros, Jan; Sychugov, Ilya
- Abstract
Silicon quantum dots (Si QDs) featuring high photoluminescence (PL) intensity are necessary for the realization of different photonic and photovoltaic devices, such as light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) and luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). Herein, Si QDs on a ≈100–200 nm thin silicon dioxide membrane with a metal back‐coating are prepared. The dots are formed from the device layer of a silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) wafer by etching and thermal oxidation. Aluminum is sputtered on the backside of the membrane, acting as a back‐surface mirror, changing the local density of optical modes, as well as the local excitation field. The PL properties of such Si QDs are then characterized at the single‐particle level. It is found that the PL yield of single Si QDs on the membrane is enhanced by approximately one order of magnitude, compared with that of Si QDs outside the membrane under the same excitation power. These results indicate that advances in nanofabrication can substantially improve the optical properties of Si QDs, thus paving the way for their application.
- Publication
Physica Status Solidi. A: Applications & Materials Science, 2020, Vol 217, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1862-6300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pssa.201900575