Cubic phase MgxZn1-x O/MgO multilayer heterostructures (c-Mgx Zn1-xO/MgO MHs) are grown on Si(100) and quartz substrates by reactive electron beam evaporation at low temperature (250℃). Cross-sectional morpholo...Cubic phase MgxZn1-x O/MgO multilayer heterostructures (c-Mgx Zn1-xO/MgO MHs) are grown on Si(100) and quartz substrates by reactive electron beam evaporation at low temperature (250℃). Cross-sectional morphology observations by field-emission scanning electron microscopy show the legible interfaces of c-MgxZn1-x O/MgO MHs. X-ray diffraction demonstrates that c-MgxZn1-xO/MgO MHs are of highly (100)-oriented. Optical trans- mission investigations of c-Mgx Zn1-x O/MgO MHs on quartz substrates reveal the coexistence of the two phases, c-MgxZn1-xO and MgO. Photoluminescence examination indicates the emergence of deep-ultraviolet emission centred at about 290nm along with the blue shift of the ultraviolet emission from 405nm to 39Gnm when the nominal thickness of c-MgxZn1-xO well layers of MHs is diminished to 3nm, which is probably originated from quantum confinement effect.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 50472058.
文摘Cubic phase MgxZn1-x O/MgO multilayer heterostructures (c-Mgx Zn1-xO/MgO MHs) are grown on Si(100) and quartz substrates by reactive electron beam evaporation at low temperature (250℃). Cross-sectional morphology observations by field-emission scanning electron microscopy show the legible interfaces of c-MgxZn1-x O/MgO MHs. X-ray diffraction demonstrates that c-MgxZn1-xO/MgO MHs are of highly (100)-oriented. Optical trans- mission investigations of c-Mgx Zn1-x O/MgO MHs on quartz substrates reveal the coexistence of the two phases, c-MgxZn1-xO and MgO. Photoluminescence examination indicates the emergence of deep-ultraviolet emission centred at about 290nm along with the blue shift of the ultraviolet emission from 405nm to 39Gnm when the nominal thickness of c-MgxZn1-xO well layers of MHs is diminished to 3nm, which is probably originated from quantum confinement effect.