Citation
Anaya, J. and Prieto Colorado, Ángel Carmelo and Martínez de Quel Pérez, Óscar and Torres, A. and Martin Martin, A. and Jiménez López, Juan Ignacio and Rodríguez Domínguez, Andrés and Sangrador García, Jesús and Rodríguez Rodríguez, Tomás
(2011).
Si and SixGe1-x NWs studied by Raman spectroscopy.
"Physica Status Solidi c", v. 8
(n. 4);
pp. 1307-1310.
ISSN 1610-1642.
Abstract
Group IV nanostructures have attracted a great deal of attention because of their potential applications in optoelectronics and nanodevices. Raman spectroscopy has been extensively used to characterize nanostructures since it provides non destructive information about their size, by the adequate modeling of the phonon confinement effect. The Raman spectrum is also sensitive to other factors, as stress and temperature, which can mix with the size effects borrowing the interpretation of the Raman spectrum. We present herein an analysis of the Raman spectra obtained for Si and SiGe nanowires; the influence of the excitation conditions and the heat dissipation media are discussed in order to optimize the experimental conditions for reliable spectra acquisition and interpretation.