Single-frequency laser spectroscopy of the boron bound exciton in S 28 i

A. Yang, M. Steger, T. Sekiguchi, D. Karaiskaj, M. L.W. Thewalt, M. Cardona, K. M. Itoh, H. Riemann, N. V. Abrosimov, M. F. Churbanov, A. V. Gusev, A. D. Bulanov, I. D. Kovalev, A. K. Kaliteevskii, O. N. Godisov, P. Becker, H. J. Pohl, J. W. Ager, E. E. Haller

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Abstract

While the first comparison of shallow bound exciton photoluminescence between natural Si and highly enriched S 28 i dramatically demonstrated the importance of inhomogeneous isotope broadening, the transitions in S 28 i were in fact too narrow to be resolved with the then available instrumental resolution of 0.014 cm-1. We report results for the boron bound exciton transition in highly enriched S 28 i using a novel apparatus for photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy based on a tuneable single-frequency laser source with sub-MHz resolution. Twenty well-resolved doublets, exhibiting a B 10 - B 11 isotope splitting, are observed in the new spectra for S 28 i with isotopic enrichment >99.99%. Linewidths as narrow as 0.0012 cm-1 (150 neV) full width at half maximum are observed for the most highly enriched sample.

Original languageEnglish
Article number195203
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume80
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Nov 11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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