2022   01   en   p.37-42 V.F. Gremenok,
Optical properties of erbium doped ZnO films grown on different substrates		  pdf 

ABSTRACT

The influence of post-deposition annealing at 600 –900°C on optical properties of ZnO films co-doped with Erbium (Er) ions has been investigated by UV-V is, photoluminescence (PL) and photoluminescence excitation (PLE) methods. Er-doped ZnO (ZnO:Er) thin films were grown on fused quartz and p-Si substrates at 25ºC by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering method. In accordance with the previously reported literature studies, post-growth annealing was required to activate the optical emission originated from the intra-shell transitions of the Er atoms. Transmission spectra of as-deposited Er-doped ZnO films contain a wide absorption band in the near-infrared region. It was found that an increase in the annealing temperature leads to an increase in the photoluminescence intensity in the spectral range of 1.5-3.0eV. PLE spectra of ZnO:Er films contain a band with a maximum at ~3.40eV which corresponds to the band gap energy of ZnO.

Keywords: ZnO:Er films, magnetron sputtering, optical properstes, PL spectra.
PACS: 61.10.Kw, 68.37.-d, 78.20.-e, 78.30.Fs

Received: 02.02.2022

AUTHORS & AFFILIATIONS

State Scientific and Production Association “Scientific-Practical Materials Research Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”, 220072, Minsk, P. Brovka Str. 19, Republic of Belarus
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