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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.76.2005.tde-06052008-143921
Document
Author
Full name
Victor Inacio de Oliveira
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Carlos, 2005
Supervisor
Committee
Zanatta, Antonio Ricardo (President)
Li, Maximo Siu
Silva, José Humberto Dias da
Title in Portuguese
Propriedades ópticas de filmes finos de silício amorfo hidrogenado dopados com érbio
Keywords in Portuguese
Eespectroscopia óptica
Filmes finos
Luminescência
Semicondutores amorfos
Silício amorfo hidrogenado
Abstract in Portuguese
Em função de suas potenciais aplicações tecnológicas (células solares, TFT- transistores de filme fino, etc.), o estudo de semicondutores amorfos tem despertado o interesse da comunidade científica desde o final da década de 70. Mais recentemente, este interesse foi renovado com a perspectiva de se produzirem dispositivos emissores de luz totalmente baseados no silício e em sua bem estabelecida tecnologia (micro-)eletrônica. Dentre as principais abordagens adotadas para a obtenção de materiais luminescentes à base de silício, destaca-se aquela envolvendo sua dopagem com íons terra-rara e/ou metais de transição, por exemplo. Tendo isto por base, este trabalho diz respeito ao preparo e posterior caracterização de filmes finos de silício amorfo hidrogenado (a-SiH) dopados com o íon E3+. Todos os filmes considerados neste estudo foram preparados pela técnica de sputtering de rádio freqüência, em uma atmosfera controlada de argônio e hidrogênio. Com o objetivo de se investigar a influência exercida pela temperatura na estrutura atômica e composição química nos processos ópticos destes filmes, todos foram submetidos a tratamentos térmicos cumulativos até 700 oC. Para isto, os filmes foram caracterizados pelas técnicas de espalhamento Raman, fotoluminescência, transmissão óptica, EDS (energy dispersive spectrometry) e RBS (Rutherford backscattering spetrometry), e ERD (elastic recoil detection). Os resultados experimentais indicam que os tratamentos térmicos até - 400 oC aumentam a intensidade de luminescência nestes filmes sem, contudo, alterar significativamente sua estrutura atômica e composição. Tratamentos térmicos a maiores temperaturas induzem uma diminuição no bandgap óptico dos filmes, e conseqüente decréscimo no sinal de fotoluminescência. Ensaios preliminares em filmes de a-Si:H dopados com Cr e co-dopados com Er+Yb também foram feitos.
Title in English
Optical properties of Er-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin films
Keywords in English
Amorphous semicondutores
Hydrogeneted amorphous silicon
Luminescence
Optical spectroscopy
Thin films
Abstract in English
As a result of their great technological potential (solar cells, thin film transistors, etc.), the study of amorphous semiconductors is attracting the attention of the scientific community since the 70's. More recently, such interest was renewed with the possibility to produce light emitting devices exclusively based on silicon and on its well-established (micro-) electronic technology. Amongst the principal approaches to obtain luminescent materials based on Si, stand out those involving the doping of Si with rare-earth ions and/or transition metals, for example. Based on the above ideas, this work refers to the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) films doped with Er3+ ions. All films considered in this work were prepared by the radio frequency sputtering technique in a controlled atmosphere of argon and hydrogen. In order to investigate the influence exerted by the atomic structure and chemical composition on the optical processes of these films, all of them have been submitted to cumulative thermal annealing treatments up to 700 oC. To that aim, the films were investigated by Raman scattering, photoluminescence, optical transmission, energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS), and elastic recoil detection (ERD). The experimental results indicate that thermal treatments up to ~ 400 oC increase the photoluminescence intensity of the films, without significant changes in their atomic structure and composition. Thermal treatments at even higher temperatures induce an optical bandgap shrinkage and consequent decrease in the intensity of photoluminescence. Preliminary experiments with a-Si:H doped with Cr and with Er+Yb have also been carried out.
 
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  • OLIVEIRA, V I de, FREIRE JR, F L, and ZANATTA, A R. Optical properties of Er and Er+Yb doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon films [doi:10.1088/0953-8984/18/32/018]. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter [online], 2006, vol. 18, n. 32, p. 7709-7716.
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