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Raman microscopy and infrared optical properties of SiGe Mie resonators formed on SiO 2 via Ge condensation and solid state dewetting

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All-dielectric photonics is a promptly developing field of optics and material science. The main interest at visible and near-infrared frequencies is light management using high-refractive-index Mie-resonant dielectric particles. Most work in this area of research was done exploiting Si-based particles. Here, we study monocrys- talline Mie-resonant particles made of Ge-rich SiGe alloys with refractive index higher than that of Si. These islands are formed via solid state dewetting of SiGe flat layers by using two different processes: i) dewetting of monocrystalline SiGe layers (60-80% Ge content) obtained via Ge condensation of SiGe on silicon on insulator, ii) dewetting of a SiGe layer deposited via molecular beam epitaxy on silicon on insulator and ex-situ Ge con- densation, forming a Ge-rich shell surrounding a SiGe-core. Using high-spatial-resolution Raman microscopy we monitor Ge content x and strain  of flat layers and SiGe-islands. We observe strain relaxation associated with formation of trading dislocations in the SiGe islands compared to the starting SiGe layers, as confirmed by TEM images. For initial high Ge concentration in the flat layers, the corresponding Ge content in the dewetted islands is lower, owing to diffusion of Si atoms from Si or SiO 2 into SiGe islands. The Ge content also varies from particle to particle on the same sample. Size and shape of the dewetted particles depend on the fabrication process: thicker initial SiGe layers lead to larger particles. Samples with narrow island size distribution display rather sharp Mie resonances in the 1000-2500 nm spectral range. Larger islands display Mie resonances at longer wavelength. Positions of the resonances are in agreement with the theoretical calculations in the discrete dipole approximation.
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hal-02525917 , version 1 (31-03-2020)

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Vladimir Poborchii, Mohammed Bouabdellaoui, Noriyuki Uchida, Antoine Ronda, Isabelle Berbezier, et al.. Raman microscopy and infrared optical properties of SiGe Mie resonators formed on SiO 2 via Ge condensation and solid state dewetting. Nanotechnology, 2020, 31 (19), pp.195602. ⟨10.1088/1361-6528/ab6ab8⟩. ⟨hal-02525917⟩
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