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Synthesis of Thin Films of Size Selected Silicon Nanocrystallites Using Pulsed Laser Ablation Supersonic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

E. Werwa  and
K.D. Kolenbrander
E. Werwa
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, werwa@mit.edu, kdk@mit.edu
K.D. Kolenbrander
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, werwa@mit.edu, kdk@mit.edu
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Abstract

Thin films composed of size selected silicon nanocrystallites have been fabricated and their photoluminescence behavior has been studied. The silicon nanocrystallites were produced using a pulsed laser ablation supersonic expansion source. This source typically generates silicon clusters of many different sizes, which leads to photoluminescence spectra with a large fiill width at half maximum. To best utilize our gas phase synthesis technique, we have performed size selection of the silicon clusters using a mechanical velocity selection apparatus. Films of these size selected nanocrystallites exhibited photoluminescence spectra which had a smaller full width at half maximum and which were peaked to the blue of the spectra of samples with a broader size distribution. These results suggest that the photoluminescence wavelength of these nanocrystallite thin films is determined by quantum confinement of the electrons and holes in the crystallites.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 397: Symposium B – Advanced laser Processing of Materials-Fundamentals and Applications , 1995 , 381
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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