Photon recycling as the dominant process of luminescence generation in an electron beam excited n-InP epilayer grown on an n(+)-InP substrate
We examine the room-temperature dispersive and non-dispersive cathodoluminescent (CL) signals produced by an n-InP/n(+)-InP homojunction as a function of excitation beam energy. The non-intentionally doped epilayer of the homojunction is thick enough (2.5 mu m) that it can be investigated independently of the substrate by choosing beam energies lower than 25 keV. The red-shift of CL peak, as well as the drastic change of the shape of the CL spectra, observed when increasing the beam energy, are explained in terms of photon recycling. The luminescence of the epilayer is found to be governed by the recycling of photons originating from the substrate. This leads to an increase of the external luminescence efficiency of the epilayer compared with that expected in homojunctions with undoped substrates. We also present a determination of the diffusion-recombination parameters of the structure.
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Ecole polytech,dept genie phys,grp rech phys & technol couches minces,montreal,pq h3c 3a7,canada. ecole polytech fed lausanne,dept phys,imo,ch-1015 lausanne,switzerland. Cleton, F, UNIV SCI & TECHNOL LILLE,LAB STRUCT & PROPRIETES ETAT SOLIDE,CNRS,URA 234,BATIMENT C6,F-59655 VILLENEUVE DASCQ,FRANCE.
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