Influence of neodymium concentration on excitation and emission properties of Nd doped gallium oxide nanocrystalline films

A Podhorodecki (1) , M Banski (1) , J Misiewicz (1) , Céline Lecerf (2) , P Marie (2) , J. Cardin (2) , X Portier (2)

1 Institute of Physics
2 CIMAP - UMR 6252 - Centre de recherche sur les Ions, les MAtériaux et la Photonique

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Domaines: Matière Condensée [cond-mat]; Matériaux; Micro et nanotechnologies/Microélectronique; Optique / photonique

A Podhorodecki, M Banski, J Misiewicz, Céline Lecerf, P Marie, et al.. Influence of neodymium concentration on excitation and emission properties of Nd doped gallium oxide nanocrystalline films. Journal of Applied Physics, 2010, 108 (6), pp.063535. ⟨10.1063/1.3484039⟩. ⟨hal-01139768⟩