Alloy broadening

Alloy broadening is a spectral-line broadening mechanism caused by random distribution of the atoms in an alloy.[1]

The alloy broadening is one of the line broadening mechanisms. The random distribution of atoms in an alloy causes a different material composition at different positions. In semiconductors and insulators the different material composition leads to different band gap energies. This gives different exciton recombination energies. Therefore, depending on the position where an exciton recombines the emitted light has a different energy. The alloy broadening is an inhomogeneous line broadening, meaning that its shape is Gaussian.

Binary alloy

In the mathematical description it is assumed that no clustering occurs within the alloy. Then, for a binary alloy of the form ${\ce {A_{1-x}B_{x}}}$ , e.g. ${\ce {Si_{1-x}Ge_{x}}}$ , the standard deviation of the composition is given by [2]:

\Delta x={\sqrt {\frac {x\cdot (1-x)}{N}}}

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where $N$ is the number of atoms within the excitons' volume, i.e. $N=V_{exc}\cdot n$ with $n$ being the atoms per volume. In general, the band gap energy $E_{g}$ of a semiconducting alloy depends on the composition, i.e. $E_{g}$ . The band gap energy can be considered to be the fluorescence energy. Therefore, the standard deviation in fluorescence is [3]

\Delta E={\frac {\mathrm {d} E_{g}}{\mathrm {d} x}}\cdot {\sqrt {x\cdot {\frac {1-x}{N}}}}

As the alloy broadening belongs to the group of inhomogeneous broadenings the line shape of the fluorescence intensity $I(E)$ is Gaussian:

I(E)\sim \exp \left(-{\frac {(E-E_{0})^{2}}{2\cdot \Delta E^{2}}}\right)

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References

Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich: Grundlagen der Photonik. Wiley-VCH, ISBN 978-3-527-40677-7, Seite 825 (, p. PA825, at Google Books).
J. Weber, M. I. Alonso (1989), "Near-band-gap photoluminescence of Si-Ge alloys" (PDF), Phys. Rev. B, 40 (8), p. 5683, Bibcode:1989PhRvB..40.5683W, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.40.5683, retrieved 2018-06-15, Format: PDF, KBytes: 2005
Schubert, E. F.; Göbel, E. O.; Horikoshi, Y.; Ploog, K.; Queisser, H. J. (1984-07-15). "Alloy broadening in photoluminescence spectra of Al_xGa_1−xAs". Physical Review B. American Physical Society (APS). 30 (2): 813–820. doi:10.1103/physrevb.30.813. ISSN 0163-1829.

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[1] Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich: Grundlagen der Photonik. Wiley-VCH, ISBN 978-3-527-40677-7, Seite 825 (, p. PA825, at Google Books).

[2] J. Weber, M. I. Alonso (1989), "Near-band-gap photoluminescence of Si-Ge alloys" (PDF), Phys. Rev. B, 40 (8), p. 5683, Bibcode:1989PhRvB..40.5683W, doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.40.5683, retrieved 2018-06-15, Format: PDF, KBytes: 2005

[3] Schubert, E. F.; Göbel, E. O.; Horikoshi, Y.; Ploog, K.; Queisser, H. J. (1984-07-15). "Alloy broadening in photoluminescence spectra of Al_xGa_1−xAs". Physical Review B. American Physical Society (APS). 30 (2): 813–820. doi:10.1103/physrevb.30.813. ISSN 0163-1829.