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Optical Studies of Microstructure in a-Si:H

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

M. Vaněček
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, CS-180 40 Praha, Czechoslovakia
D. Červinka
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 2, CS-180 40 Praha, Czechoslovakia
M. Favre
Affiliation:
Institute of Microtechnology, Breguet 2, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
H. Curtins
Affiliation:
Institute of Microtechnology, Breguet 2, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
A. V. Shah
Affiliation:
Institute of Microtechnology, Breguet 2, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Abstract

A set of samples grown under different substrate temperature has been characterised by complex optical, photoelectrical and transport measurements. A very sensitive and simple method for detection of optical scattering in a device quality amorphous silicon has been demonstrated. The spectral dependence of the optical scattering coefficient αs(E) can give us information on the nature and concentration of the scattering centers in a-Si:H thin films.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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