Numéro
Le Journal de Physique IV
Volume 03, Numéro C5, Octobre 1993
Third International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined
Page(s) C5-359 - C5-362
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1993575
Third International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined

Le Journal de Physique IV 03 (1993) C5-359-C5-362

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:1993575

Luminescence of silicon crystallites

C. DELERUE, E. MARTIN, J.-F. LAMPIN, G. ALLAN and M. LANNOO

Institut d'Electronique et de Microélectronique du Nord, U.M.R. CNRS 9929, Département ISEN, 41 boulevard Vauban, 59046 Lille cedex, France


Abstract
The physical origin of the red and infrared light emissions from porous silicon are examined. The red band can come from the direct radiative recombination of excitons in silicon crystallites. The infrared emission can be explained by their recombination on silicon dangling bonds. Finally, the influence of the exchange and valley-orbit splittings on the photoluminescence lifetime is analyzed.



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