RAMAN-STUDY OF DE-RELAXATION AND DEFECTS IN AMORPHOUS-SILICON INDUCED BY MEV ION-BEAMS

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ROORDA, S [1 ]
POATE, JM [1 ]
JACOBSON, DC [1 ]
DENNIS, BS [1 ]
DIERKER, S [1 ]
SINKE, WC [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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10.1063/1.102984
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Raman spectroscopy is used as a probe of the state of amorphous Si (a-Si) and damaged crystalline Si. MeV ion beams have been used to irradiate structurally relaxed a-Si. When the density of Si atoms displaced by nuclear collisions exceeds 5%, the a-Si is ''de-relaxed'', and thus returns to its as-implanted state. This behavior is an indication that point defect complexes exist in a-Si and play an important role in the process of structural relaxation.
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