Reduction of Photoluminescence Quenching by Deuteration of Ytterbium-Doped Amorphous Carbon-Based Photonic Materials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Photoluminescence Enhancement in a-C(Yb) Film by Deuteration of a-C Host
Sample | Substrate temperature (°C) | C at % | O at % | F at % | Yb at % | [O]/[Yb] | [F]/[Yb] | [C]/[Yb] | [O]/[C] | [F]/[C] | [O]/[F] | Thickness (100 nm) |
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Yb(fod)3 | 34.1 | 6.8 | 23.9 | 1.1 | 6.00 | 21.00 | 30.00 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.29 | ||
1 | 60 | 48.5 | 2.7 | 45.2 | 3.6 | 0.75 | 12.72 | 13.64 | 0.06 | 0.93 | 0.06 | 33.21 |
2 | 70 | 59.9 | 2.5 | 35.0 | 2.6 | 0.94 | 13.23 | 22.64 | 0.04 | 0.58 | 0.07 | 27.65 |
3 | 80 | 63.4 | 3.6 | 30.9 | 2.1 | 1.68 | 14.61 | 29.94 | 0.06 | 0.49 | 0.12 | 20.23 |
4 | 90 | 68.9 | 3.2 | 26.3 | 1.6 | 1.99 | 16.25 | 42.63 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.12 | 14.52 |
5 | 120 | 86.4 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 8.00 | 6.05 | 95.73 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 1.32 | 5.67 |
6 | 150 | 91.8 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 17.50 | 4.84 | 261.64 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 3.62 | 3.51 |
2.2. Effect of Substrate Temperature on a-C:D:F(Yb) Film
2.3. Yb Oxidation State in a-C:D:F(Yb) Film
2.4. Structural Analyses of a-C:D:F(Yb) Film
3. Experimental Section
3.1. RF-PEMOCVD and Sample Preparation
3.2. Incorporated Yb Metal-Organic Compound
3.3. Film Characterization
3.3.1. Photoluminescence
3.3.2. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
3.3.3. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
3.3.4. Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Hsu, H.-L.; Leong, K.R.; Teng, I.-J.; Halamicek, M.; Juang, J.-Y.; Jian, S.-R.; Qian, L.; Kherani, N.P. Reduction of Photoluminescence Quenching by Deuteration of Ytterbium-Doped Amorphous Carbon-Based Photonic Materials. Materials 2014, 7, 5643-5663. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma7085643
Hsu H-L, Leong KR, Teng I-J, Halamicek M, Juang J-Y, Jian S-R, Qian L, Kherani NP. Reduction of Photoluminescence Quenching by Deuteration of Ytterbium-Doped Amorphous Carbon-Based Photonic Materials. Materials. 2014; 7(8):5643-5663. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma7085643
Chicago/Turabian StyleHsu, Hui-Lin, Keith R. Leong, I-Ju Teng, Michael Halamicek, Jenh-Yih Juang, Sheng-Rui Jian, Li Qian, and Nazir P. Kherani. 2014. "Reduction of Photoluminescence Quenching by Deuteration of Ytterbium-Doped Amorphous Carbon-Based Photonic Materials" Materials 7, no. 8: 5643-5663. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma7085643