Department of Physics and Measurement Technology, Linköping University, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
Abstract:
Near band edge photoluminescence has been obtained from Si1?yCy quantum well (QW) and neighboring Si1?xGex/Si1?yCy double QW (DQW) structures. Enhanced no-phonon recombination is observed from the DQW structures and it is attributed to a breaking of the k-selection rule in the presence of the heterointerface. The luminescence persists for measurement temperatures up to 30–50 K and the intensity exhibits a quenching behavior with an activation energy equal to 8–20 meV. In electroluminescence only recombination in the Si1?xGex layer has been observed from neighboring Si1?xGex and Si1?yCy DQW structures.