eprintid: 149387 rev_number: 52 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/14/93/87 datestamp: 2010-10-28 22:05:56 lastmod: 2021-09-25 23:24:57 status_changed: 2012-07-10 10:16:13 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Chryssou, CE creators_name: Kenyon, AJ creators_name: Iwayama, TS creators_name: Pitt, CW creators_name: Hole, DE title: Evidence of energy coupling between Si nanocrystals and Er3+ in ion-implanted silica thin films ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 note: Copyright 1999 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Chryssou, CE and Kenyon, AJ and Iwayama, TS and Pitt, CW and Hole, DE (1999) Evidence of energy coupling between Si nanocrystals and Er3+ in ion-implanted silica thin films. Applied Physics Letters , 75 (14) 2011 – 2013 and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?apl/75/02011 abstract: Silica thin films containing Si nanocrystals and Er3+ were prepared by ion implantation. Excess Si concentrations ranged from 5% to 15%; Er3+ concentration for all samples was 0.5%. Samples exhibited photoluminescence at 742 nm (attributed to Si nanocrystals), 654 nm (defects due to Er3+ implantation), and at 1.53 μm (intra-4f transitions). Photoluminescence intensity at 1.53 μm increased ten times by incorporating Si nanocrystals. Strong, broad photoluminescence at 1.53 μm was observed for λPump away from Er3+ absorption peaks, implying energy transfer from Si nanocrystals. Erbium fluorescence lifetime decreased from 4 ms to 1 ms when excess Si increased from 5% to 15%, suggesting that at high Si content Er3+ ions are primarily situated inside Si nanocrystals. date: 1999-10 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.124899 vfaculties: VENG oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: Scopus elements_id: 19828 doi: 10.1063/1.124899 lyricists_name: Kenyon, Anthony lyricists_name: Pitt, Christopher lyricists_id: AJKEN86 lyricists_id: CWPIT98 full_text_status: public publication: Applied Physics Letters volume: 75 number: 14 pagerange: 2011 - 2013 issn: 0003-6951 citation: Chryssou, CE; Kenyon, AJ; Iwayama, TS; Pitt, CW; Hole, DE; (1999) Evidence of energy coupling between Si nanocrystals and Er3+ in ion-implanted silica thin films. Applied Physics Letters , 75 (14) 2011 - 2013. 10.1063/1.124899 <https://doi.org/10.1063/1.124899>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/149387/1/149387_APL%2075-2011%201999.pdf