Ventsislav Lavchiev, Ulrich Schade, Günter Hesser, Gang Chen, Wolfgang Jantsch,
"Ellipsometry and spectroscopy on 1.55 ?m emitting Ge islands in Si for photonic applications"
, in Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 86, Nummer 12, Seite(n) 125421, 9-2012, ISSN: 2469-9969
Original Titel:
Ellipsometry and spectroscopy on 1.55 ?m emitting Ge islands in Si for photonic applications
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
Single-layer and mutlilayer Ge islands in a Si matrix, grown by solid source molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on Si and SOI substrates in a self-assembled mode, are investigated by means of optical spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry in the spectral range of 0.54?4.5 eV. This range widely encloses the characteristic optical transitions of the islands around 1.5?m, that is, 0.82 eV. By introducing and developing an appropriate model, the technique enabled determination of the dielectric constants and the film thicknesses of the structure. Knowledge of these constants is crucial for the potential applications of Ge nanostructures for photonic and optoelectronic devices. Moreover, the technique allowed observation of the transition resonances of the Ge dots
and the Ge wetting layer. The two methods are implemented as a joint tool to investigate the behavior and properties of the Si/Ge nanostructures in the near infrared spectral range.
Sprache der Kurzfassung:
Englisch
Journal:
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics