LOW-TEMPERATURE MODIFICATIONS IN THE DEFECT STRUCTURE OF AMORPHOUS-SILICON PROBED BY IN-SITU RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY

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BATTAGLIA, A
COFFA, S
PRIOLO, F
COMPAGNINI, G
BARATTA, GA
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[1] IST METODOL & TECNOL MICROELETTON,I-95129 CATANIA,ITALY
[2] CITTA UNIV CATANIA,OSSERVATORIO ASTROFIS,I-95125 CATANIA,ITALY
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10.1063/1.110553
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The modifications occurring in the defect structure of ion implanted amorphous silicon below room temperature have been probed by Raman spectroscopy. Amorphous silicon layers were irradiated at 77 K by 3 keV He+ ions and analyzed in situ by Raman spectroscopy. This low-temperature ion irradiation produces a shift in the transversal optical (TO) peak position from 471 to 463 cm-1 and a broadening in its halfwidth from 43 to 50 cm-1. Moreover after an annealing at 300 K the vibrational properties come back to their initial state. It is speculated that the modifications induced by low-temperature ion irradiation are associated with the production and annihilation of highly mobile defects.
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