TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF OPTICAL-CONSTANTS FOR AMORPHOUS-SILICON

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DO, N
KLEES, L
LEUNG, PT
TONG, F
LEUNG, WP
TAM, AC
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[1] SAN JOSE STATE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, SAN JOSE, CA 95192 USA
[2] TH DARMSTADT, INST ANGEW PHYS, W-6100 DARMSTADT, GERMANY
[3] PORTLAND STATE UNIV, DEPT PHYS, PORTLAND, OR 97207 USA
[4] IBM CORP, THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR, DIV RES, YORKTOWN HTS, NY 10598 USA
[5] IBM CORP, SAN JOSE, CA 95193 USA
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10.1063/1.107074
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The temperature dependence of the optical constants for amorphous silicon (a-Si) is studied for two different sample thicknesses at two infrared wavelengths. It is observed that the extinction coefficient of a-Si can increase significantly with temperature in the strong absorption regime. In addition, using the Mott-Davis formula, results are obtained for the variation of the optical gap energy for a-Si with temperature, with similar feature observed for both amorphous and crystal silicon.
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