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Carrier trapping and confinement in Ge nanocrystals surrounded by Ge3N4

Abstract:
We investigated the optical properties of Ge nanocrystals surrounded by Ge3N4. The broad emission ranging from infrared to blue is due to the dependence on the crystal size and preparation methods. Here, we report high resolution Photoluminescence (PL) attributed to emission from individual Ge nanocrystals (nc-Ge) spatially resolved using micro-photoluminescence and detailed using temperature and power-dependent photoluminescence studies. The measured peaks are shown to behave with excitonic characteristics and we argue that the spread of the nc-Ge peaks in the PL spectrum is due to different confinement energies arising from the variation in size of the nanocrystals.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1038/srep25449

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Condensed Matter Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Condensed Matter Physics
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Condensed Matter Physics
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Condensed Matter Physics
Role:
Author


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Grant:
2013R1A1A2006284, 2013R1A1A2011426, 2015R1C1A2A01054543


Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Journal:
Scientific Reports More from this journal
Publication date:
2016-05-06
Acceptance date:
2016-04-15
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EISSN:
2045-2322
ISSN:
2045-2322


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:632562
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uuid:d2000dd2-14e0-4316-a468-2d30188fd81c
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pubs:632562
Source identifiers:
632562
Deposit date:
2016-07-08

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