Comparative Study Of The Influence Of Natural Convection On Directional Solidification Of Al-3.5 Wt% Ni And Al-7 Wt% Si Alloys

We present numerical simulations of thermosolutal convection for directional solidification of Al-3.5 wt% Ni and Al-7 wt% Si. Numerical results predict that fragmentation of dendrite arms resulting from dissolution could be favored in Al-7 wt% Si, but not in Al-3.5 wt% Ni. Corresponding experiments are in qualitative agreement with the numerical predictions. Distinguishing the two fragmentation mechanisms, namely dissolution and remelting, is critical during experiments on earth, when fluid flow is dominant. (C) 2007 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Ge/Si材料系自组装Ge量子点研究

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Ge/Si纳米岛材料与器件研究

Submitted by zhangdi (zhangdi@red.semi.ac.cn) on 2009-04-13T11:45:31Z

Room temperature photoluminescence of tensile-strained Ge/Si0.13Ge0.87 quantum wells grown on silicon-based germanium virtual substrate

We report a room temperature study of the direct band gap photoluminescence of tensile-strained Ge/Si0.13Ge0.87 multiple quantum wells grown on Si-based germanium virtual substrates by ultrahigh vacuum chemical vapor deposition. Blueshifts of the luminescence peak energy from the Ge quantum wells in comparison with the Ge virtual substrate are in good agreement with the theoretical prediction when we attribute the luminescence from the quantum well to the c Gamma 1-HH1 direct band transition. The reduction in direct band gap in the tensile strained Ge epilayer and the quantum confinement effect in the Ge/Si0.13Ge0.87 quantum wells are directly demonstrated by room temperature photoluminescence.

Novel room temperature photoluminescence of Ge/Si islands in multilayer structure grown on silicon-on-insulator substrate

Novel room temperature photoluminescence (PL) of the Ge/Si islands in multilayer structure grown on silicon-on-insulator substrates is investigated. The cavity formed by the mirrors at the surface and the buried SiO2 interface has a strong effect on the PL emission. The peak position is consistent with the theoretical calculation and independent of the exciting power, which is the evidence of cavity effect on the room temperature photoluminescence. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Investigation of Ge-Si atomic interdiffusion in Ge nano-dots multilayer structure by double crystal X-ray diffraction

The fluctuations of the strained layer in a superlattice or quantum well can broaden the width of satellite peaks in double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXRD) pattern. It is found that the width of the 0(th) peak is directly proportional to the fluctuation of the strained layer if the other related facts are ignored. By this method, the Ge-Si atomic interdiffusion in Ge nano-dots and wetting layers has been investigated by DCXRD. It is found that thermal annealing can activate Ge-Si atomic interdiffusion and the interdiffusion in the nano-dots area is much stronger than that in the wetting layer area. Therefore the fluctuation of the Ge layer decreases and the distribution of Ge atoms becomes homogeneous in the horizontal Ge (GeSi actually) layer, which make the width of the 0(th) peak narrow after annealing.

Type-II SiGe/Si MQWS (multi-quantum wells) and self-organized Ge/Si islands grown by UHV/CVD system

Type-II SiGe/Si MQWs (Multi-Quantum Wells) and Self-Organized Ge/Si Islands were successfully grown by a homemade ultra-high vacuum/chemical vapor deposition (UHV/CVD) system. Growth characteristics and PL (photoluminescence) spectra at different temperature were measured. It demonstrated that some accumulation of carriers in the islands results in the increase of the integrated PL intensity of island-related at a certain temperature range.

Shape evolution of Ge/Si(001) islands induced by strain-driven alloying

The shape evolution of Ge/Si(001) islands grown by ultrahigh vacuum chemical vapor deposition were investigated by atomic force microscopy at different deposition rates. We find that, at low deposition rates, the evolution of islands follows the conventional pathway by which the islands form the pyramid islands, evolve into dome islands, and dislocate at a superdome shape with increasing coverage. While at a high deposition rate of 3 monolayers per minute, the dome islands evolve towards the pyramids by a reduction of the contact angle. The presence of the atomic intermixing between the Ge islands and Si substrate at high deposition rate is responsible for the reverse evolution. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

Different transfer paths for thermally activated electrons and holes in self-organized Ge/Si(001) islands in a multilayer structure

We investigated the temperature dependence (10-250 K) of the photoluminescence (PL) emission spectrum of self-organized Ge/Si(001) islands in a multilayer structure. With elevated temperature, we find that the thermally activated holes and electrons are gathered by the Ge islands in different ways. The holes drift from the wetting layer into the islands, while the electrons, confined in Si due to type-II band alignment, leak into the Ge islands by the electrostatic interaction with the holes accumulated there. It results in an increase of the integrated intensity of island-related PL at a certain temperature range and a reduction of the phonon energy in the phonon-assisted PL of the islands by involving a type-I transition into a type-II transition. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.

X-ray evidence for Ge/Si(001) island columns in multilayer structure

A Ge/Si(0 0 1) multilayer structure is investigated by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and double crystal X-lay diffraction. We find that the multilayer-structure-related satellite peaks in the rocking curve exhibit a similar nonuniform broadening and rye fit the zero-order peak with two Lorentz lineshapes. The ratio of the integrated intensity of two peaks is approximately equal with the anal ratio of the top Ge layer deposited between the areas that are and are not occupied by islands. It proves the existence of vertical-aligned island columns from the viewpoint of macroscopic dimension. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Oblique alignment of columns of self-organized Ge/Si(001) islands in multilayer structure

Ge/Si multilayer structures with a bimodal distribution of the island spacing in the first layer have been investigated by atomic-force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Besides the vertical alignment, some oblique alignments of stacked islands are observed. The presence of the elastic interaction between islands is responsible for the oblique alignment of stacked islands. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)04644-1].

DCXRD Investigation of a Ge/Si（001） Island Multilayer Structure

A Ge/Si（001） island multilayer structure is investigated by double crystal X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy,and atomic force microscopy. We fit the satellite peaks in the rocking curve by two Lorentz lineshapes, which originate from the wetting layer region and the island region. Then from the ratio of the thick- nesses of the Si and Ge （GeSi） layers as determined by TEM,tbe Ge compositions of the wetting layer and islands are estimated to be about 0. 51 and 0. 67, respectively,according to the positions of the fitted peaks. This proves to be a relatively simple way to investigate the Ge/Si （001） island multilayer structure.

nc-Ge/Si岛基光子晶体单点缺陷腔的数值模拟与分析

阐述了利用光子晶体单点缺陷微腔来提高Ge/Si纳米岛发光效率的机理.通过3D FDTD方法计算出在平板厚度为300nm时,谐振波长随a和r/a变化的规律,即当给定r/a,h时,波长随晶格常数成次线性增加;当给定a,h时,波长随r/a的增加而减小.并从理论上给予分析.

光子晶体对nc-Ge/Si岛发光增强的模拟

在Si基集成光电子学的发展中,高效的Si基光源是人们不懈追求的目标.但是Si材料的间接带隙特性导致其发光效率低,更谈不上受激发射.于是人们探索了多种Si基材料体系来提高Si材料的发光效率,并在不同程度上取得了重要的进展.在众多的Si基发光材料体系中,Ge/Si量子点材料,不仅生长工艺与标准的CMOS工艺有很好的兼容性,而且发光波长能够覆盖重要的光通信波段即1.3～1.55 μm,因此成为实现Si基发光器件的重要途径之一.但是目前这种材料的发光效率仍很低,所以提高其发光效率自然成为人们关注的焦点.如果将光子晶体引入到nc-Ge/Si材料中,它不仅可以改变材料本身的自发发射特性,而且可以改变发射的光子的提取效率,从而使材料的发光效率得到增强.提出了在Ge/Si量子点材料中引入光子晶体结构来提高其发光效率,包括光子晶体点缺陷腔结构和带边模式工作的完整光子晶体结构,并从理论上分析了发光效率提高的原理.针对发光波长在1.5 μm附近的材料结构,模拟出了相应的光子晶体的结构参数.从模拟结果可以看出,对于缺陷腔的光子晶体结构,采用单点缺陷微腔很好地实现了单模运作,但是微腔内有源材料的体积很小,因此得到的发光效率很低.而采用耦合缺陷腔的结构和H2腔都增加了腔内有源区的体积.但是耦合腔与H2腔相比,谐振腔模减少,主谐振模式的峰值强度增加,更容易实现单模发光.因而更适用于提高nc-Ge/Si的发光效率.而带边模式工作的光子晶体结构,尺寸较大,不需引入缺陷,工艺上更容易实现.

Ge/Si量子点的生长研究进展

要有效应用SK模式生长的Ge量子点,必须实现Ge量子点的位置可控并且进一步缩小Ge量子点的尺寸.阐释了这方面的研究进展,特别对图形衬底生长Ge量子点,利用Si表面的自组织性在错切割的邻晶面衬底上生长有序Ge岛,表面杂质诱导成岛这三个方面的进展加以介绍分析.