Doping porous silicon with erbium: pores filling as a method to limit the Er-clustering effects and increasing its light emission

Abstract Er clustering plays a major role in hindering sufficient optical gain in Er-doped Si materials. For porous Si, the long-standing failure to govern the clustering has been attributed to insufficient knowledge of the several, concomitant and complex processes occurring during the electrochemi...

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Main Authors: Guido Mula, Tony Printemps, Christophe Licitra, Elisa Sogne, Francesco D’Acapito, Narciso Gambacorti, Nicola Sestu, Michele Saba, Elisa Pinna, Daniele Chiriu, Pier Carlo Ricci, Alberto Casu, Francesco Quochi, Andrea Mura, Giovanni Bongiovanni, Andrea Falqui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06567-4