Journal
PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 223-229Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2007.04.009
Keywords
SnO2 nanowire; stimulated emission; surface localization; bound exciton
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The pump fluence dependent photoluminescence (PL) spectra of SnO2 nanowires were investigated, which were synthesized with a h igh- temperature chemical reduction method. The integrated intensity of the narrower peak at 3.2 eV experiences a strong superlinear dependence on the pump fluence, and the narrowest width of the sharp peak is only 19 meV. Moreover, under high excitation fluence, an ultrafast decay time (less than 20ps) appears in the time-resolved PL spectra. The emission of these Sn02 nanowires shows strong apparent stimulated emission behaviors although the SnO2 is a dipole forbidden direct gap semiconductor. The stimulated emission should relate to the localized islands on the surface of nanowire, which was observed through the high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image. The giant- oscillator-strength effect of bound exciton generated from the localized islands was considered to induce the stimulated emission of SnO2 nanowires. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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