ATOMISTIC ORIGINS OF LIGHT-INDUCED DEFECTS IN A-SI

被引:52
作者
FEDDERS, PA
FU, Y
DRABOLD, DA
机构
[1] WASHINGTON UNIV, DEPT PHYS, ST LOUIS, MO 63130 USA
[2] UNIV ILLINOIS, DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN, URBANA, IL 61801 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1888
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present an atomistic model of light-induced defects (the Staebler-Wronski effect). The model is based in part on our observations of molecular-dynamics simulations with an ab initio code and requires a change in the charge of a well-localized state in the gap, such as a dangling bond, to nucleate a defect. The defects are formed at weak-bond sites in the network following a rearrangement caused by the change of the charge of the localized state.
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页码:1888 / 1891
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