FORMATION OF LUMINESCENT SILICON BY LASER ANNEALING OF A-SIH

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ELKADER, KMA
OSWALD, J
KOCKA, J
CHAB, V
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[1] Institute of Physics, AVČR, 162 00 Praha 6
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10.1063/1.111572
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report the preparation of luminescent Si by laser annealing of amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H) deposited on a silica substrate by glow-discharge deposition. For this process, we have used XeCl excimer laser pulses with an energy density in the range of 0.3-0.7 J/cm2. While no visible photoluminescence (PL) has been observed at room temperature from the unirradiated a-Si:H the PL comparable to the PL spectra of porous Si occurs in the irradiated part. The electron microscope studies reveal a microstructure which is a function of the pulse number and the pulse energy density.
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