INSITU STUDY OF THE HYDROGEN RICH OVERLAYER AT THE A-SI-H SURFACE BY INFRARED ELLIPSOMETRY

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作者
BLAYO, N
DREVILLON, B
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[1] Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces (UPR 258 du CNRS), Ecole Polytechnique
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10.1016/S0022-3093(05)80234-0
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TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
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0805 ; 080502 ;
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The early stage of the growth of plasma deposited amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) on glass substrate is investigated by in situ infrared phase modulated ellipsometry (IRPME) in the silicon-hydrogen stretching mode region. Analysis of the spectra provides a precise description of the film evolution. a-Si:H films grow beneath an hydrogen rich overlayer containing SiH2 groups. The hydrogen-passivated surface of a-Si:H is then weakly reactive. This hydrogen rich overlayer can be removed by the exposure of a freshly deposited a-Si:H films to Argon and hydrogen plasmas.
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