We reported the observation of visible cathodoluminescence of rare-earth Dy, Er, and Tm implanted in GaN. The implanted samples were given isochronal thermal annealing treatments at a temperature of 1100 °C in N2 or NH3, at atmospheric pressure to recover implantation damages and activated the rare-earth ions. The sharp characteristic emission lines corresponding to Dy3+, Er3+, and Tm3+ intra-4fn-shell transitions are resolved in the spectral range from 380 to 1000 nm, and observed over the temperature range of 8.5–411 K. The cathodoluminescence emission is only weakly temperature dependent. The results indicate that rare-earth-doped GaN epilayers are suitable as a material for visible optoelectronic devices.
We report on our observation of visible photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence of Pr-implanted GaN. The implanted samples were subjected to isochronal thermal annealing treatments at a temperature of 1100 °C in N2 at atmospheric pressure to recover from implantation damage and activate the rare earth ions. The sharp characteristic emission lines corresponding to Pr3+ intra-4fn-shell transitions are resolved in the spectral range from 400 to 1000 nm and observed over the temperature range from 12 to 335 K. We have developed an energy level diagram for Pr3+ ions in GaN using recorded spectra. The photoluminescence decay kinetics measurements of P13, P03, and D21 levels and quenching mechanism analysis allow us to conclude that the dominant de-excitation process is of electric dipole–electric quadrupole type. We found also that the D21 level separated from the upper P03 level by 3755 cm−1 energy gap can be populated in several ways, by direct energy transfer processes, cross relaxation |3P0,3H4〉→|1D2,3H6〉 and cascade processes from the P03 or higher levels. The full width at half maximum of the strongest photoluminescence line at 653 nm, the P03 level, is 2.9 meV at 13 K, with a 1.86 meV blue peak shift in going from 13 to 330 K temperature, while the line at 670 nm, P13 level, has a full width at half maximum of 4 meV at 13 K and a 1.6 meV red peak shift. The thermal stability of GaN:Pr3+ epilayers indicates the suitability of this material for visible optoelectronic devices.
We report the observation of visible cathodoluminescence (CL) from AlN thin films grown on sapphire (0001) substrate by molecular beam epitaxy and doped by implantation with Eu3+ and Tb3+ ions. The strongest rare earth (RE) CL was observed from samples annealed at 1100 °C for 0.5 h in N2 ambient. The sharp characteristic emission lines corresponding to Eu3+ and Tb3+ intra-4fn shell transitions are resolved in the spectral range from 350 to 900 nm. The CL spectra were recorded over 1–16 keV electron energy in the temperature range of 8–330 K. The depth resolved CL spectral analysis gives the luminescence surface a dead layer thickness of ∼16 nm for implanted AlN samples. We observed several different recombination centers luminescing in the 286–480 nm spectral region due to the presence of structural defects and oxygen impurities. The time resolved spectra and the CL kinetics were studied. The decay times for 5D0→7F2 (Eu3+), 5D3→7F5 (Tb3+), and 5D4→7F6 (Tb3+) transitions at 300 K are ∼0.4, ∼0.9, and ∼0.4 ms, respectively. We also discuss possible excitation mechanisms of RE ions in AlN.
We report the observation of visible photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence of Eu3+ ions implanted in GaN and Al0.14Ga0.86N/GaN superlattice. The sharp characteristic emission lines corresponding to Eu3+ intra-4f6-shell transitions are resolved and observed over the temperature range of 7–330 K. The luminescence shows dominant transitions D50→7F1,2,3 and weaker D50→7F4,5,6 and D51→7F1. The luminescence emission is very weakly temperature dependent. The intensity of Eu3+ emission from Al0.14Ga0.86N/GaN superlattice annealed in N2 is ∼58% stronger than from Eu3+ in the GaN layer. The Al0.14Ga0.86N/GaN superlattice and GaN epilayers may be suitable as a material for visible optoelectronic devices.
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