Title :
Light Emitting Silicon Nanowires for Photonic Device Applications
Author :
Guichard, A.R. ; Brongersma, M.L. ; Kamins, T. ; Sharma, S.
Author_Institution :
Geballe Lab. for Adv. Mater., Stanford Univ., CA
Abstract :
Si nanowires grown from TiSi2 catalysts exhibit near-infrared photoluminescence (PL) from quantum-confined excitons in the Si. Temperature dependent studies highlight the differences between Si nanocrystals and nanowires, which allow for exciton diffusion
Keywords :
catalysts; elemental semiconductors; excitons; light emitting devices; nanowires; photoluminescence; silicon; titanium compounds; Si; Si nanocrystal; TiSi2; TiSi2 catalyst; exciton diffusion; light emitting silicon nanowires; near-infrared photoluminescence; photonic device application; quantum-confined excitons; Annealing; Argon; Electrons; Excitons; Laboratories; Luminescence; Nanowires; Oxidation; Silicides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0096-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708191