Physics of the Solid State -- January 2005

Structure, Impurity Composition, and Photoluminescence of Mechanically Polished Layers of Single-Crystal Silicon
R. I. Batalov, R. M. Bayazitov, N. M. Khusnullin, E. I. Terukov, V. Kh. Kudoyarova, G. N. Mosina, B. A. Andreev, and D. I. Kryzhkov
pp. 1-4    Full Text: PDF (191 kB)

Oxygen-Induced Modification of Dislocation Luminescence Centers in Silicon
E. A. Steinman
pp. 5-8    Full Text: PDF (61 kB)

Excitation and De-excitation Cross Sections for Light-Emitting Nanoclusters in Rare Earth–Doped Silicon
S. A. Krivelevich, M. I. Makoviichuk, and R. V. Selyukov
pp. 9-12    Full Text: PDF (52 kB)

Effect of Coalescence and of the Character of the Initial Oxide on the Photoluminescence of Ion-Synthesized Si Nanocrystals in SiO₂
D. I. Tetelbaum, O. N. Gorshkov, A. P. Kasatkin, A. N. Mikhaylov, A. I. Belov, D. M. Gaponova, and S. V. Morozov
pp. 13-17    Full Text: PDF (74 kB)

Photoluminescence of Nanocrystalline Silicon Formed by Rare-Gas Ion Implantation
A. A. Ezhevskii, M. Yu. Lebedev, and S. V. Morozov
pp. 18-21    Full Text: PDF (93 kB)

Photoelectric Properties and Electroluminescence of p–i–n Diodes Based on GeSi/Si Heterostructures with Self-Assembled Nanoclusters
G. A. Maksimov, Z. F. Krasil'nik, D. O. Filatov, M. V. Kruglova, S. V. Morozov, D. Yu. Remizov, D. E. Nikolichev, and V. G. Shengurov
pp. 22-25    Full Text: PDF (105 kB)

Influence of a Predeposited Si_1 – xGe_x Layer on the Growth of Self-Assembled SiGe/Si(001) Islands
N. V. Vostokov, Yu. N. Drozdov, Z. F. Krasil'nik, D. N. Lobanov, A. V. Novikov, A. N. Yablonskii, M. Stoffel, U. Denker, O. G. Schmidt, O. M. Gorbenko, and I. P. Soshnikov
pp. 26-29    Full Text: PDF (181 kB)

Photoconductivity of Si/Ge/SiO_x and Si/Ge/Si Structures with Germanium Quantum Dots
O. A. Shegai, A. Yu. Berezovsky, A. I. Nikiforov, and V. V. Ul'yanov
pp. 30-33    Full Text: PDF (61 kB)

Ge/Si Photodiodes and Phototransistors with Embedded Arrays of Germanium Quantum Dots for Fiber-Optic Communication Lines
A. I. Yakimov, A. V. Dvurechenskii, V. V. Kirienko, and A. I. Nikiforov
pp. 34-37    Full Text: PDF (89 kB)

Influence of the Germanium Deposition Rate on the Growth and Photoluminescence of Ge(Si)/Si(001) Self-Assembled Islands
N. V. Vostokov, Z. F. Krasil'nik, D. N. Lobanov, A. V. Novikov, M. V. Shaleev, and A. N. Yablonsky
pp. 38-41    Full Text: PDF (154 kB)

Si_1 – xGe_x /Si(001) Relaxed Buffer Layers Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition at Atmospheric Pressure
N. V. Vostokov, Yu. N. Drozdov, Z. F. Krasil'nik, O. A. Kuznetsov, A. V. Novikov, V. A. Perevoshchikov, and M. V. Shaleev
pp. 42-45    Full Text: PDF (123 kB)

Negative Photoconductivity of Selectively Doped SiGe/Si : B Heterostructures with a Two-Dimensional Hole Gas in the Middle-Infrared Range
A. V. Antonov, V. Ya. Aleshkin, V. I. Gavrilenko, Z. F. Krasil'nik, A. V. Novikov, E. A. Uskova, and M. V. Shaleev
pp. 46-48    Full Text: PDF (43 kB)

Galvanomagnetic Study of the Quantum-Well Valence Band of Germanium in the Ge_1 – xSi_x /Ge/Ge_1 – xSi_x Potential Well
M. V. Yakunin, G. A. Al'shanskii, Yu. G. Arapov, V. N. Neverov, G. I. Harus, N. G. Shelushinina, O. A. Kuznetsov, A. de Visser, and L. Ponomarenko
pp. 49-53    Full Text: PDF (63 kB)

Raman Spectroscopy and Electroreflectance Studies of Self-Assembled SiGe Nanoislands Grown at Various Temperatures
M. Ya. Valakh, R. Yu. Holiney, V. N. Dzhagan, Z. F. Krasil'nik, O. S. Lytvyn, D. N. Lobanov, A. G. Milekhin, A. I. Nikiforov, A. V. Novikov, O. P. Pchelyakov, and V. A. Yukhymchuk
pp. 54-57    Full Text: PDF (116 kB)

Influence of Antimony on the Morphology and Properties of an Array of Ge/Si(100) Quantum Dots
G. E. Cirlin, A. A. Tonkikh, V. E. Ptitsyn, V. G. Dubrovskii, S. A. Masalov, V. P. Evtikhiev, D. V. Denisov, V. M. Ustinov, and P. Werner
pp. 58-62    Full Text: PDF (156 kB)

Si–Ge–GaAs Nanoheterostructures for Photovoltaic Cells
O. P. Pchelyakov, A. V. Dvurechenskii, A. I. Nikiforov, N. A. Pakhanov, L. V. Sokolov, S. I. Chikichev, and A. I. Yakimov
pp. 63-66    Full Text: PDF (54 kB)

Formation of Ultrasmall Germanium Nanoislands with a High Density on an Atomically Clean Surface of Silicon Oxide
A. I. Nikiforov, V. V. Ul'yanov, O. P. Pchelyakov, S. A. Teys, and A. K. Gutakovsky
pp. 67-70    Full Text: PDF (124 kB)

Morphological Transformation of a Germanium Layer Grown on a Silicon Surface by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy at Low Temperatures
T. M. Burbaev, V. A. Kurbatov, M. M. Rzaev, A. O. Pogosov, N. N. Sibel'din, V. A. Tsvetkov, H. Lichtenberger, F. Schäffler, J. P. Leitao, N. A. Sobolev, and M. C. Carmo
pp. 71-75    Full Text: PDF (123 kB)

Shallow Acceptor Levels in Ge/GeSi Heterostructures with Quantum Wells in a Magnetic Field
V. Ya. Aleshkin, A. V. Antonov, D. B. Veksler, V. I. Gavrilenko, I. V. Erofeeva, A. V. Ikonnikov, D. V. Kozlov, O. A. Kuznetsov, and K. E. Spirin
pp. 76-81    Full Text: PDF (88 kB)

Photoluminescence of Germanium Quantum Dots Grown in Silicon on a SiO₂ Submonolayer
T. S. Shamirzaev, M. S. Seksenbaev, K. S. Zhuravlev, A. I. Nikiforov, V. V. Ul'yanov, and O. P. Pchelyakov
pp. 82-85    Full Text: PDF (55 kB)

Erbium Photoluminescence Excitation Spectroscopy in Si : Er Epitaxial Structures
B. A. Andreev, Z. F. Krasil'nik, A. N. Yablonsky, V. P. Kuznetsov, T. Gregorkiewicz, and M. A. J. Klik
pp. 86-88    Full Text: PDF (52 kB)

Heteroepitaxy of Erbium-Doped Silicon Layers on Sapphire Substrates
V. G. Shengurov, D. A. Pavlov, S. P. Svetlov, V. Yu. Chalkov, P. A. Shilyaev, M. V. Stepikhova, L. V. Krasil'nikova, Yu. N. Drozdov, and Z. F. Krasil'nik
pp. 89-92    Full Text: PDF (158 kB)

Analysis of the Gain and Luminescence Properties of Si/Si_1 – xGe_x : Er/Si Heterostructures Produced by Sublimation Molecular-Beam Epitaxy in a Gas Phase
L. V. Krasil'nikova, M. V. Stepikhova, Yu. N. Drozdov, M. N. Drozdov, Z. F. Krasil'nik, V. G. Shengurov, V. Yu. Chalkov, S. P. Svetlov, and O. B. Gusev
pp. 93-97    Full Text: PDF (80 kB)

Effective Excitation Cross Section and Lifetime of Er³⁺ Ions in Si : Er Light-Emitting Diodes Fabricated by Sublimation Molecular-Beam Epitaxy
D. Yu. Remizov, V. B. Shmagin, A. V. Antonov, V. P. Kuznetsov, and Z. F. Krasil'nik
pp. 98-101    Full Text: PDF (65 kB)

Crystal Lattice Defects and Hall Mobility of Electrons in Si : Er/ Si Layers Grown by Sublimation Molecular-Beam Epitaxy
V. P. Kuznetsov, R. A. Rubtsova, V. N. Shabanov, A. P. Kasatkin, S. V. Sedova, G. A. Maksimov, Z. F. Krasil'nik, and E. V. Demidov
pp. 102-105    Full Text: PDF (53 kB)

Effect of Nonuniform Permittivity of a Solid-State Matrix on the Spectral Width of Erbium Ion Luminescence
S. A. Teterukov, M. G. Lisachenko, O. A. Shalygina, D. M. Zhigunov, V. Yu. Timoshenko, and P. K. Kashkarov
pp. 106-109    Full Text: PDF (53 kB)

Erbium Excitation in a SiO₂ : Si-nc Matrix under Pulsed Pumping
O. B. Gusev, M. Wojdak, M. Klik, M. Forcales, and T. Gregorkiewicz
pp. 110-112    Full Text: PDF (49 kB)

MBE-Grown Si : Er Light-Emitting Structures: Effect of Epitaxial Growth Conditions on Impurity Concentration and Photoluminescence
N. A. Sobolev, D. V. Denisov, A. M. Emel'yanov, E. I. Shek, B. Ya. Ber, A. P. Kovarskii, V. I. Sakharov, I. T. Serenkov, V. M. Ustinov, G. E. Cirlin, and T. V. Kotereva
pp. 113-116    Full Text: PDF (58 kB)

MBE-Grown Si : Er Light-Emitting Structures: Effect of Implantation and Annealing on the Luminescence Properties
N. A. Sobolev, D. V. Denisov, A. M. Emel'yanov, E. I. Shek, and E. O. Parshin
pp. 117-120    Full Text: PDF (53 kB)

Erbium Ion Luminescence of Silicon Nanocrystal Layers in a Silicon Dioxide Matrix Measured under Strong Optical Excitation
V. Yu. Timoshenko, O. A. Shalygina, M. G. Lisachenko, D. M. Zhigunov, S. A. Teterukov, P. K. Kashkarov, D. Kovalev, M. Zacharias, K. Imakita, and M. Fujii
pp. 121-124    Full Text: PDF (72 kB)

Er³⁺ Ion Electroluminescence of p⁺-Si/n-Si : Er/n⁺-Si Diode Structure under Breakdown Conditions
V. B. Shmagin, D. Yu. Remizov, S. V. Obolenskii, D. I. Kryzhkov, M. N. Drozdov, and Z. F. Krasil'nik
pp. 125-128    Full Text: PDF (58 kB)

Novel Polymer Nanocomposites with Giant Dynamical Optical Nonlinearity
I. V. Yurasova, O. L. Antipov, N. L. Ermolaev, V. K. Cherkasov, T. I. Lopatina, S. A. Chesnokov, and I. G. Ilyina
pp. 129-132    Full Text: PDF (58 kB)

Effect of Roughness of Two-Dimensional Heterostructures on Weak Localization
A. V. Germanenko, G. M. Min'kov, O. É. Rut, V. A. Larionova, B. N. Zvonkov, V. I. Shashkin, O. I. Khrykin, and D. O. Filatov
pp. 133-140    Full Text: PDF (204 kB)

Properties of Magnesium Silicate Doped with Chromium in Porous Silicon
E. S. Demidov, V. V. Karzanov, N. E. Demidova, I. S. Belorunova, O. N. Gorshkov, M. V. Stepikhova, and A. M. Sharonov
pp. 141-144    Full Text: PDF (63 kB)

Waveguide Plasmon Polaritons in Metal–Dielectric Photonic Crystal Slabs
N. A. Gippius, S. G. Tikhodeev, A. Christ, J. Kuhl, and H. Giessen
pp. 145-149    Full Text: PDF (141 kB)

Ferroelectric Photonic Crystals Based on Nanostructured Lead Zirconate Titanate
F. Yu. Sychev, T. V. Murzina, E. M. Kim, and O. A. Aktsipetrov
pp. 150-152    Full Text: PDF (51 kB)

Magnetization-Induced Third-Harmonic Generation in Nanostructures and Thin Films
T. V. Murzina, E. M. Kim, R. V. Kapra, O. A. Aktsipetrov, M. V. Ivanchenko, V. G. Lifshits, S. V. Kuznetsova, and A. F. Kravets
pp. 153-155    Full Text: PDF (88 kB)

Anisotropic Photonic Crystals and Microcavities Based on Mesoporous Silicon
O. A. Aktsipetrov, T. V. Dolgova, I. V. Soboleva, and A. A. Fedyanin
pp. 156-158    Full Text: PDF (52 kB)

Methods for Increasing the Efficiency of Nonlinear Optical Interactions in Nanostructured Semiconductors
P. K. Kashkarov, L. A. Golovan, S. V. Zabotnov, V. A. Mel'nikov, E. Yu. Krutkova, S. O. Konorov, A. B. Fedotov, K. P. Bestem'yanov, V. M. Gordienko, V. Yu. Timoshenko, A. M. Zheltikov, G. I. Petrov, and V. V. Yakovlev
pp. 159-165    Full Text: PDF (108 kB)

Recombination at Mixed-Valence Impurity Centers in PbTe(Ga) Epitaxial Layers
B. A. Akimov, V. A. Bogoyavlenskii, V. A. Vasil'kov, L. I. Ryabova, and D. R. Khokhlov
pp. 166-169    Full Text: PDF (85 kB)

Luminescence of Phthalocyanine Thin Films
G. L. Pakhomov, D. M. Gaponova, A. Yu. Luk'yanov, and E. S. Leonov
pp. 170-173    Full Text: PDF (67 kB)

Temperature Dependence of the Photoluminescence of CdTe/ZnTe Quantum-Dot Superlattices
V. S. Bagaev and E. E. Onishchenko
pp. 174-177    Full Text: PDF (50 kB)

Total Resonant Absorption of Light by Plasmons on the Nanoporous Surface of a Metal
T. V. Teperik, V. V. Popov, and F. J. García de Abajo
pp. 178-182    Full Text: PDF (67 kB)

Acoustic Properties of Glycine Phosphite Crystals with an Admixture of Glycine Phosphate
E. V. Balashova, V. V. Lemanov, and G. A. Pankova
pp. 183-190    Full Text: PDF (107 kB)

A New Allotropic Form of Carbon [C₂₈]_n Based on Fullerene C₂₀ and Cubic Cluster C₈ and Si and Ge Analogs of This Form: Computer Simulation
A. L. Chistyakov, I. V. Stankevich, and A. A. Korlyukov
pp. 191-198    Full Text: PDF (1353 kB)