Hydrogen microstructure in hydrogenated amorphous silicon

被引:49
作者
Ouwens, JD
Schropp, REI
机构
[1] Debye Institute, Utrecht University, 3508 TA Utrecht
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 54卷 / 24期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.54.17759
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We present a method to determine the local hydrogen bonding structure in hydrogenated amorphous silicon from infrared spectroscopy measurements. This approach is based on a different oscillator strength and refractive index for hydrogen atoms located in the isolated and clustered phase. It is demonstrated that the density of distributed hydrogen atoms does not exceed 3-4 at.%, independent of the deposition conditions for several deposition techniques. We suggest that changes in the infrared-absorption strength upon ion bombardment or light soaking can be attributed to a hydrogen exchange between clustered and isolated phases.
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