Wide band gap a-SiC:H films for optoelectronic applications

被引:18
作者
Giorgis, F
Giuliani, F
Pirri, CF
Tresso, E
Conde, JP
Chu, V
机构
[1] Politecn Torino, Dipartimento Fis, I-10129 Turin, Italy
[2] Politecn Torino, Unita INFM, I-10129 Turin, Italy
[3] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Dept Mat Engn, Inst Super Tecn, P-1096 Lisbon, Portugal
[4] INESC, P-1000 Lisbon, Portugal
关键词
RF-CVD; a-SiC : H films; ECR-CVD;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-3093(98)00090-8
中图分类号
TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
a-SiC:H samples over the entire compositional range have been deposited by using 13.56 MHz radio frequency chemical vapor deposition (RF-CVD) with C2H2 carbon source and electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition with C2H4 source. Films with the largest deposition rates have been obtained in the C-rich regime with defect density similar to 10(17) cm(-3). Compositional, optical, structural and radiative emission properties have been investigated and correlated for specimens obtained from both deposition techniques. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:465 / 469
页数:5
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