Depth resolved luminescence from oriented ZnO nanowires
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Rosenberg, R. A.
Haija, M. Abu
Vijayalakshmi, K.
Zhou, Jun
Xu, Sheng
Wang, Z. L. (Zhong Lin)
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We have utilized the limited penetration depth of x-rays to study the near-surface properties of vertically aligned ZnO nanowires. For an energy of 600 eV the penetration depth varies between 3 and 132 nm as the incidence angle changes from 2° to 33°. Thus, by obtaining optical luminescence spectra as a function of incidence angle, it is possible to probe the near-surface region with nanometer-scale resolution. We will present angle dependent optical luminescence data from oriented ZnO nanowires. By fitting the results to a simple model, we extract a depth for the surface defect regions of ~14 nm.
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2009-12-14
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