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| العنوان: |
Deep-level emission in ZnO nanowires and bulk crystals: Excitation-intensity dependence versus crystalline quality. |
| المؤلفون: |
Dongchao Hou, Voss, Tobias, Ronning, Carsten, Menzel, Andreas, Zacharias, Margit |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Applied Physics; 2014, Vol. 115 Issue 23, p233516-1-233516-7, 7p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CRYSTAL texture, CONDUCTION electrons, PHOTOLUMINESCENT polymers, MOLECULAR emission cavity analysis, ELECTRONS |
| مستخلص: |
The excitation-intensity dependence of the excitonic near-band-edge emission (NBE) and deep-level related emission (DLE) bands in ZnO nanowires and bulk crystals is studied, which show distinctly different power laws. The behavior can be well explained with a rate-equation model taking into account deep donor and acceptor levels with certain capture cross sections for electrons from the conduction band and different radiative lifetimes. In addition, a further crucial ingredient of this model is the background n-type doping concentration inherent in almost all ZnO single crystals. The interplay of the deep defects and the background free-electron concentration in the conduction band at room temperature reproduces the experimental results well over a wide range of excitation intensities (almost five orders of magnitude). The results demonstrate that for many ZnO bulk samples and nanostructures, the relative intensity R=INBE/IDLE can be adjusted over a wide range by varying the excitation intensity, thus, showing that R should not be taken as an indicator for the crystalline quality of ZnO samples unless absolute photoluminescence intensities under calibrated excitation conditions are compared. On the other hand, the results establish an all-optical technique to determine the relative doping levels in different ZnO samples by measuring the excitation-intensity dependence of the UV and visible luminescence bands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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