TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF THE ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE IN NITROGEN-RICH AMORPHOUS-SILICON NITRIDE

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作者
CHEN, D [1 ]
VINER, JM [1 ]
TAYLOR, PC [1 ]
KANICKI, J [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 19期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.49.13420
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The intensity of the dark electron-spin-resonance (ESR) signal, which is commonly observed in nitrogen-rich hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride (a-SiN1.6:H), is shown to depend on temperature. This temperature dependence is compared to that observed in amorphous arsenic (a-As), which has a similar thermally generated ESR signal, and to the temperature-independent ESR signal observed in a-Si:H. Comparisons of optically induced absorption spectra for a-SiN1.6:H and a-As suggest that the defects contributing to the subband-gap absorption may not exhibit the strong electron-lattice interactions that characterize those in a-As but, rather, result most probably from large potential fluctuations.
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页码:13420 / 13422
页数:3
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