Electro-Luminescence from Ultra-Thin Silicon

Abstract

Ultra-thin single crystal silicon with the (100) surface formed by the local-oxidation-of-silicon (LOCOS) on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate becomes a quasi-direct band-gap semiconductor due to the quantum mechanical confinement effect. The device is a simple pn diode in a planar structure. Electro-luminescence (EL) has been observed by the lateral carrier injections into the two-dimensional quantum well.