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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2007.16.6.463

Structural and optical properties of ZnO epilayers grown on oxygen- and hydrogen-plasma treated sapphire substrates  

Lee, S.K. (National Research Laboratory for Nano-Bio-Photonics, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, J.Y. (National Research Laboratory for Nano-Bio-Photonics, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
Kwack, H.S. (National Research Laboratory for Nano-Bio-Photonics, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
Kwon, B.J. (National Research Laboratory for Nano-Bio-Photonics, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
Ko, H.J. (Korea Photonics Technology Institute)
Yao, Takafumi (Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University)
Cho, Y.H. (National Research Laboratory for Nano-Bio-Photonics, Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.16, no.6, 2007 , pp. 463-467 More about this Journal
Abstract
Structure and optical properties of ZnO epilayers grown on oxygen- and hydrogen-plasma treated sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (denoted as samples A and B, respectively) have been investigated by various techniques. The crystal quality and structural properties of the surface for the ZnO epilayers were investigated by high-resolution X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscope. For investigating the optical properties of excitonic transition of ZnO, we carried out photoluminescence experiments as a function of temperature. The free exciton, bound exciton emission and their phonon replicas were investigated as a function of temperature from 10 to 300 K, and the intensity of excitonic PL peak emission from the sample A is found to be higher than that of sample B. From the results, we found that sample A has better crystal structure quality and optical properties as compared to sample B. The number of oxygen vacancies may be decreased in sample A, resulting in an enhancement of the crystal quality and a higher intensity of excitonic emission band as compared to sample B.
Keywords
ZnO; oxygen plasma; hydrogen plasma; photoluminescence;
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