Cathodoluminescence-like phenomenon based on ZnSe
WEIWEI JIANG1,2,*
,
ZHENG XU1,2,
FUJUN ZHANG1,2,
SULING ZHAO1,2,
JINZHAO HUANG1,2,
YUAN LI1,2,
GUANGCAI YUAN1,2
Affiliation
- Institute of Optoelectronics Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044,China
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information, Ministry of Education,Beijing 100044,China
Abstract
The heterojunction of SiO2/ ZnSe /SiO2 was prepared by electron beam evaporation. SiO2 was used as electron acceleration
layer and ZnSe was taken as the luminescent material. Luminescence due to direct bombardment by accelerated electrons
in a semiconductor thin film adjacent to the phosphor material layer was observed, which was called
cathodoluminescence-like (CL-like) because are electrons accelerated in solid but not in vacuum. This new phenomenon
can provide a new way to realize blue electroluminescence. The threshold voltage of the device is 40V. The dependence of
CL-like intensity on applied voltage and frequency were studied in detail.
Keywords
Cathodoluminescence-like, CL-like, ZnSe.
Citation
WEIWEI JIANG, ZHENG XU, FUJUN ZHANG, SULING ZHAO, JINZHAO HUANG, YUAN LI, GUANGCAI YUAN, Cathodoluminescence-like phenomenon based on ZnSe, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 1, 8, August 2007, pp.385-387 (2007).
Submitted at: June 26, 2007
Accepted at: July 8, 2007