不同气氛下多孔硅中电子偶素湮没行为研究

使用正电子湮没谱学方法,在不同气氛下对电化学腐蚀法制备的多孔硅中电子偶素的湮没行为进行了系统的研究.正电子湮没寿命谱测试结果表明,样品中存在长达40 ns的电子偶素湮没成分,并且进入多孔硅膜层的正电子约有80%形成电子偶素,具有非常高的电子偶素产额;在氧气气氛下,由于气体导致o-Ps发生自旋转化猝灭是使多孔硅样品中电子偶素寿命缩短的主要原因.结合正电子寿命-动量关联谱测量结果,分析了不同气氛下多孔硅样品中电子偶素湮没寿命及动量变化关系,讨论了多孔硅中电子偶素的湮没机理以及气氛对孔径计算理论模型的影响. 关键词： 电子偶素 正电子湮没谱学方法 多孔硅     

充氚不锈钢中氦行为的实验研究

对充氚和未充氚的抗氢-2不锈钢(HR-2)样品进行退火处理,利用正电子湮没寿命谱技术以及金相检验技术探讨不锈钢中氦和微缺陷的相互作用行为.未充氚样品中,影响正电子寿命值的主要因素为杂质元素在晶界的析出.充氚样品实验中,退火温度小于300℃时,正电子寿命值的增加说明了氦泡的形成过程为非热形成,通过“冲出位错环”机制形成及长大;退火温度在300~600℃之间,充氚样品正电子寿命值的降低以及He的跃迁概率的计算结果,说明He原子通过热迁移至晶界;退火温度大于600℃时,热平衡空位浓度的计算结果以及正电子寿命值的增加说明热平衡空位开始发挥作用.     

氢等离子体气氛中退火多孔硅的表面和光荧光特性

用电化学腐蚀法制备了多孔硅(PS),在氢等离子体气氛中不同温度下对多孔硅样品进行了退火处理,并进行了光致发光(PL)谱和原子力显微镜(AFM)表面形貌的测量。不同退火温度给PS表面形态带来较大变化,也影响了其PL谱特性。在退火的样品中观察到的PL谱高效蓝光和紫光谱带,我们认为主要源于量子限制发光峰和非平衡载流子被带隙中浅杂质能级所俘获而引起的辐射复合所产生的。在420—450℃退火处理的多孔硅的PL谱上观察到了一个未见诸于报道的紫光新谱带(3．24eV,382nm),其发光机理有待于进一步研究。     

F,Y双掺钨酸铅晶体的发光性能和微观缺陷

通过透射光谱、光产额(LY)和光致发光等发光性能测试，研究了F,Y双掺钨酸铅(PbWO₄ ，简称PWO)晶体的发光性能，并利用热释光曲线和正电子湮没寿命谱对F,Y双掺PWO晶 体中的缺陷种类和变化进行了分析. 结果表明：与未掺杂晶体相比，双掺样品在350nm附近 的透过率大大提高，吸收边向短波方向移动约30nm，光致发光谱中出现位于350nm的发光峰 ，双掺样品的LY(100ns内)为未掺杂PWO的2.7倍左右.晶体中主要存在的缺陷为(WO_{3)^{-关键词： F Y双掺钨酸铅闪烁晶体 高光产额 热释光 正电子湮没寿命谱}}     

稀土掺杂硅基薄膜的高效发光特性

测量了在不同离子注入剂量,不同退火条件下的Nd注入Si基晶片室温光致发光谱,结果表明它们均具有蓝、紫发光峰,且发光稳定。在一定范围内发光效率随掺杂浓度的增加而增大,随退火条件的不同而改变。在实验室条件下,对掺杂硅片和单晶硅片进行电化学腐蚀制成多孔硅样片,同时用适当配比的HNO3对以单晶硅为基底的多孔硅进行处理,测试了腐蚀后各类样品的光致发光（PL）谱。发现掺稀土Nd的多孔硅和用HNO3处理的多孔硅的发光效率有显著提高。     

多孔硅后处理对其镶嵌染料光学特性的影响

对多孔硅进行真空退火处理和暴露大气快速退火处理,将有机染料香豆素102(C102)镶嵌其中,研究镶嵌复合膜发光特性的变化。通过比较多孔硅退火处理前、后傅立叶红外(FT-IR)吸收光谱的变化,从多孔硅与镶嵌染料分子间的能量传递方式角度出发,解释了PS表面态氧化能改善镶嵌复合膜发光特性的原因。实验通过改变多孔硅表面态,提高了复合膜的发光效率和多孔硅基体的透明程度,证明了多孔硅是一种良好的载体,在发展固体激光器方面有一定的应用,同时为实现硅基蓝绿发光开辟一条新的途径。     

锗/多孔硅和锗/氧化硅薄膜光致发光的比较研究

采用磁控溅射技术,以锗为溅射靶,在多孔硅上沉积锗薄膜,沉积时间分别为4,8和12 min,及以锗-二氧化硅复合靶为溅射靶,在n型硅衬底上沉积了含纳米锗颗粒的氧化硅薄膜,锗与总靶的面积比分别为5%,15%,30%.各样品在氮气氛中分别经过300,600及900℃退火30 min.对锗/多孔硅和锗/氧化硅薄膜进行了光致发光谱的对比研究,用红外吸收谱分析了锗/多孔硅的薄膜结构.实验结果显示,锗/多孔硅薄膜的发光峰位于517 nm附近,沉积时间对发光峰的强度有显著影响,锗层越厚峰强越弱.锗/氧化硅薄膜的发光峰位于580 nm附近,锗与总靶的面积比对发光峰的强度影响较大,锗/氧化硅薄膜中的锗含量越高峰强越弱.不同的退火温度对样品的发光峰强及峰位均没有明显影响.可以认为锗/多孔硅的发光峰是由多孔硅与孔间隙中的锗纳米晶粒两者界面的锗相关缺陷引起的,而锗/氧化硅的发光峰来自于二氧化硅的发光中心.     

镶嵌有纳米硅的SiN_x薄膜光致发光的温度依赖特性研究

采用对靶磁控溅射法在单晶硅衬底上沉积镶嵌有纳米硅的氮化硅薄膜,然后在形成气体FG(10%H2,90%N2)气氛中进行450℃常规热退火50min。通过荧光光谱仪测得的稳态/瞬态光致发光(PL)谱研究了镶嵌有纳米硅的氮化硅(SiNx)薄膜样品光致发光特性。结果表明,样品的发光过程可以归因于纳米硅的量子限制效应发光和与缺陷相关的发光。随着激发光能量的增加,PL谱峰位发生蓝移,表明较小粒度的纳米硅发光比例增加;温度的降低会抑制非辐射复合过程,提高辐射复合几率,因此发光寿命延长,发光强度呈指数增加;随着探测波长的减小,样品的发光寿命则明显缩短,表明纳米硅的量子限制效应发光对温度有很强的依赖性。     

纳米硅薄膜/多孔氧化铝复合体系光致发光的温度特性

利用高真空电子束蒸发方法在多孔氧化铝衬底上生长了纳米硅薄膜,经过650℃高温真空退火后,在10～300K温度范围内观测样品的荧光光谱特性,并对样品进行了场扫描电镜(SEM)、傅里叶变换红外吸收(FTIR)光谱、X射线衍射(XRD)谱的分析。PL谱结果表明,随着温度的升高,样品的发光峰位一般发生红移,但在50～80K范围内却出现了反常的蓝移现象;样品的发光强度基本是按逐渐减小趋势变化的。在60～80K之间,发光强度有少许变强。讨论了纳米硅薄膜的光致发光机理,用量子限制-发光中心模型对实验现象进行了解释。     

退火对ZnS/PS复合体系光致发光特性的影响

用脉冲激光沉积(PLD)技术以多孔硅(PS)为衬底生长了ZnS薄膜,分别测量了ZnS、PS以及ZnS/PS复合体系在室温下的光致发光(PL)光谱。结果发现,ZnS/PS复合体系的PL光谱中PS的发光峰位相对于新制备的PS有所蓝移。把该ZnS/PS样品分成三块,在真空400℃分别退火10,20,30 min,研究不同退火时间对ZnS/PS复合体系光致发光特性的影响。发现退火后样品的PL光谱中都出现了一个新的绿色发光带,归结为ZnS的缺陷中心发光。随着退火时间的延长,PS的发光强度逐渐降低且峰位红移。把ZnS的蓝、绿光与PS的红光相叠加,整个ZnS/PS复合体系在可见光区450~700 nm形成一个较宽的光致发光谱带,呈现较强的白光发射。     

Positron annihilation study on nanometer cavities in porous silicon

Measurements were carried out on the positron lifetime and the Doppler broadening of its annihilation radiation in porous silicon. A very long lifetime of a few tens of nanoseconds was found. TheS parameter increased upon annealing in vacuum at 350 °C. It is pointed out that positron/positronium spectroscopy is very useful for the study of physical and chemical properties of porous silicon.     

Study of the effect of annealing on defects in Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-Ni-C alloy by slow positron beam

FeMnSi shape memory alloys (SMAs) have received much attention as one-way SMAs due to their cost-effectiveness. Variable-energy (0-30 keV) positron beam studies have been carried out on a Fe-Mn-Si-Cr-Ni-C alloy with different degrees of deformation. Doppler broadening profiles of the positron annihilation as a function of incident positron energy were shown to be quite sensitive to defects introduced by deformation. The variation of the nature and the concentration of defects are studied as a function of isochronal annealing temperature. These results are correlated with the data measured with the positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS). The positron annihilation results are compared to XRD and optical microscopy (OM).     

Positron annihilation in boron-implanted n-type silicon

The ion damaged effect and subsequent isothermal annealing in boron-implanted Si was studied by positron annihilation lifetime measurements. The mean positron lifetime in preimplanted n-type Si is 243 psec. The variation of mean lifetime is detectable when the implanted boron dose is greater than 1.0x10¹⁵/cm². The saturated mean positron lifetime (247 psec) occurs when the implantation dose reaches 2.5x10¹⁵/cm². The mean electron density of the positron sensitive defects is estimated to be about 85% less than that in the perfect parts of the crystal. Isothermal annealing was held in every 5-minute step at 1000°C. In the first step, the positron lifetime in the implanted sample increases slightly and then decreases completely to its initial state in the 3rd step. Sheet resistance of the sample monitored by 4-point probe method has been found closely related to the positron lifetime.     

Positron annihilation studies in ZnO nanoparticles

We report results on positron annihilation spectroscopic (PAS) studies using lifetime and coincidence Doppler broadening techniques in zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (4 to 40 nm) synthesized by solid state pyrolytic reaction followed by annealing in the temperature range of 200 ^°C to 800 ^°C. Positron lifetime in the nanoparticles are observed to be higher than bulk lifetime in all the cases. Theoretical calculation of lifetime indicates the presence of either Zn or (Zn, O) vacancy clusters which migrate and anneal out at high temperature. Comparison of ratio spectra from coincidence Doppler broadening measurement and calculated electron momentum distribution indicates the presence of either Zn or (Zn, O) vacancies. In addition, photoluminescence (PL) measurements have been carried out to examine the role of defects on the intensity of emission in the visible region.     

On the nature of photoluminescence and EPR centers in glassy Ge2S3in terms of positron annihilation

The results of positron annihilation studies are discussed together with photoluminescence (PL) and EPR data for similar samples. The correlation between changes in e⁺-annihilation lifetime parametors, PL and EPR characteristics under doping of Ge₂S₃ glass with metals confirms the idea that these effects are related to point charged defects. The results obtained permit concluding that these defects (charged dangling bonds in the EPR and “fatigue of PL” cases) are situated at the boundaries of microinclusions. PL centers are probably associated with internal structure of the inclusions.     

Microstructure and optical properties of ZnO/porous silicon nanocomposite films

In this study, porous silicon (PS) templates were formed by electrochemical anodization on p-type (100) silicon wafer and ZnO films were deposited on PS substrates using radio frequency (RF) reactive magnetron sputtering technique. The effects of oxygen partial pressures of growth ZnO films and annealing ambience on the microstructure and photoluminescence (PL) of the ZnO/PS nanocomposite films were systematically investigated by X-ray diffraction and fluorescence spectrophotometry. The results indicated that all ZnO/PS nanocomposite films were polycrystalline in nature with a hexagonal wurtzite structure and the (002) oriented ZnO films had the best crystal quality under O₂:Ar ratio of 10:10 sccm and annealing in vacuum. PL measurements at room temperature revealed that ZnO/PS nanocomposite systems formed a broad PL band including the blue and green emissions from ZnO and red-orange emission from the PS. The mechanism and interpretation of broadband PL of the nanocomposites were discussed in detail using an oxygen-bonding model in PS and a native defects model in ZnO.     

Positron annihilation studies of defects in helium-irradiated silicon

Positron annihilation studies have been carried out on Si-n irradiated with He⁺ ions at the V.U.B. cyclotron, to a dose of 4×10¹⁷ He/cm². No temperature dependence on the S-parameter and lifetimes is seen below the irradiation temperature. The positron lifetime associated to the created defects is 290 ps. During the isochronal annealing, this lifetime stays constant up to 700 K. It is attributed to the annihilation of positrons from large vacancy-clusters filled with He atoms. From the isochronal annealing results, only one annealing stage is seen. This annealing stage which extends over a long range of temperature 700–1000 K, is ascribed to the degassing of helium atoms from defects and the growth of vacancy-clusters. The lifetime of positrons in those defects reaches a value of about 530±30 ps at 1000 K, indicating that the vacancy-clusters formed have a mean size of more than 8 vacancies.     

Positron annihilation studies of vacancy-type defects

The annihilation radiation of low energy positrons gives information on the electronic and defect structure of solids. There are three conventionally measurable quantities: the positron lifetime, the angular correlation of 2 annihilation radiation and the Doppler-broadened annihilation line shape. In the presence of lattice defects the annihilation characteristics show considerable changes. This is due to positron trapping at defects like vacancies and their agglomerates, voids, dislocations and grain boundaries. The concentration of defects can be deduced from the ratio of trapped and free positrons.The annihilation characteristics are different for different defect configurations. Positrons reveal vacancy agglomeration and the lifetime of trapped positrons gives estimates on the size of microvoids in the range of 2–10 Å. Various examples on the study of equilibrium and non-equilibrium defects, radiation damage and defect annealing are presented. Special emphasis is given to vacancy recovery and vacancy-impurity interactions in electron and neutron irradiated bcc transition metals like Fe, Mo, Nb, Ta.     

Evolution of Structural Defects in SiOx Films Fabricated by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Chemical Vapour Deposition upon Annealing Treatment

We study the structural defects in the SiO, film prepared by electron cyclotron resonance plasma chemical vapour deposition and annealing recovery evolution. The photoluminescence property is observed in the as-deposited and annealed samples. [-SiO3]^2- defects are the luminescence centres of the ultraviolet photoluminescence （PL） from the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and PL measurements. [-SiO3]^2- is observed by positron annihilation spectroscopy, and this defect can make the S parameters increase. After 1000℃ annealing, [-SiO3]^2- defects still exist in the films.