SiGe nanocrystals in SiO2 with high photosensitivity from visible to short-wave infrared

I Stavarache, C Logofatu, MT Sultan, A Manolescu… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Films of SiGe nanocrystals (NCs) in oxide have the advantage of tuning the energy
band gap by adjusting SiGe NCs composition and size. In this study, SiGe-SiO2 amorphous …

Bandgap atomistic calculations on hydrogen-passivated GeSi nanocrystals

O Cojocaru, AM Lepadatu, GA Nemnes, T Stoica… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We present a detailed study regarding the bandgap dependence on diameter and
composition of spherical Ge-rich Ge x Si1− x nanocrystals (NCs). For this, we conducted a …

Influence of SiGe Nanocrystallization on Short-Wave Infrared Sensitivity of SiGe–TiO2 Films and Multilayers

AM Lepadatu, C Palade, A Slav… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Continuous development of Si photonics requires ecological and cost-effective materials. In
this work, SiGe nanocrystals (NCs) embedded in TiO2 are investigated as a photosensitive …

Nanocrystal growth of single-phase Si1− xGex alloys

NT Giang, ND Dung, T Van Quang, NN Ha - Journal of Physics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present the formation of single-phase Si 1− x Ge x (x= 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8) alloy
nanocrystals dispersed in a SiO 2 matrix. The studied samples were prepared by co …

Absorption of Si, Ge, and SiGe alloy nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 matrix

ID Avdeev, AV Belolipetsky, NN Ha… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Using the atomistic sp3d5s* tight-binding method, we calculate the optical absorption
spectra due to phononless optical transitions in Si, Ge, and SiGe alloy nanocrystals …

Tight-binding calculations of SiGe alloy nanocrystals in SiO2 matrix

AV Belolipetsky, MO Nestoklon… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In the empirical tight-binding approach we study the electronic states in spherical SiGe
nanocrystals embedded in SiO 2 matrix. For the SiGe alloy and the matrix we use the virtual …

Influence of preparation conditions on structure and photosensing properties of GeSi/TiO2 multilayers

A Slav, C Palade, I Stavarache… - 2017 International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The photosensing properties related to the structure of GeSi/TiO2 multilayers prepared
under different conditions are studied. TiO 2 cap/(GeSi/TiO 2) 2 multilayers (ML) were …

Spectral probing of carrier traps in Si–Ge alloy nanocrystals

NN Ha, NT Giang, TN Khiem, ND Dung… - physica status solidi …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Photogenerated carriers in Si–Ge alloy nanocrystals (NCs) prepared by co‐sputtering
method were investigated by mean of transient induced absorption. The carrier relaxation …

Photon absorption and scattering of Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 prepared by co-sputtering

NN Ha, ND Dung, ND Hung, NT Huy - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2021 - Elsevier
Ge nanocrystals (GeNCs) embedded in SiO 2 matrix were prepared by co-sputtering method
and heat treatment. The formation of the GeNCs were confirmed by X-ray diffraction and …

[PDF][PDF] UNFOLDING BAND AND ABSORPTION ENERGY SHIFT OF Si-Ge NANO CRYSTALS FROM FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS

T VAN QUANG, TTHIT DUONG… - Communications in …, 2021 - academia.edu
Physical properties of the Si1− xGex alloys (x being the composition of Ge) can be
understood and predicted from their electronic band structures. In this paper, electronic band …