Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 26 (1), P. 068-075 (2023).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo26.01.068
Luminescent and Raman study of nanostructures formed upon annealing of SiO x :Sm films
V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, NAS of Ukraine, 41, prospect Nauky, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine Abstract.
ncs-Si–SiO x :Sm structures formed by high-temperature air annealing of the SiO x
films doped with samarium during thermal co-evaporation in vacuum of silicon monoxide
and metallic Sm was studied. By measuring the spectra of photoluminescence (PL), it has
been shown that doping of SiO x films with Sm stimulates their decomposition into Si and
SiO 2 , and also reduces the transition temperature of silicon nanoparticle from the
amorphous state to the crystalline one. With an increase in the impurity content up to
2 wt.%, along with the ncs-Si luminescence, the PL spectrum exhibits emission bands of
Sm 3+ and Sm 2+ ions, which do not appear at a lower Sm concentration. The presence of
silicon nanocrystals in SiO x films doped with Sm and annealed at 970 °C in air has been
confirmed using Raman scattering spectra. A possible mechanism for interaction of
samarium ions with the SiO x matrix and ncs-Si has been discussed.
Keywords:silicon nanoparticles, silicon nanocomposites, rare-earth, photoluminescence,
Raman spectra, samarium.
K.V. Michailovska, I.Z. Indutnyi, P.E. Shepeliavyi, M.V. Sopinskyy, V.A. Dan’ko, V.O. Yukhymchuk
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