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Luminescence from Si-Implanted SiO₂-Si₃N₄ Nano Bi-Layers for Electrophotonic Integrated Si Light Sources
Alfredo A González-Fernández1, Joan Juvert2, Mariano Aceves-Mijares3
1INAOE, Department of Electronics, P.O. Box 51, Puebla 72000, Mexico. research@gonzalez-fernandez.net.
Abstract:
In this paper, we present structural and luminescence studies of silicon-rich silicon oxide (SRO) and SRO-Si 3 N 4 bi-layers for integration in emitter-waveguide pairs that can be used for photonic lab-on-a-chip sensing applications. The results from bi and mono layers are also compared. Two clearly separated emission bands are respectively attributed to a combination of defect and quantum confinement⁻related emission in the SRO, as well as to defects found in an oxynitride transition zone that forms between the oxide and the nitride films, while ruling out quantum-confinement phenomena in the silicon nitride.
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