Magnetic susceptibility and microstructure of hydrogenated amorphous silicon measured by nuclear magnetic resonance on a single thin film

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Baugh, J [1 ]
Han, DX [1 ]
Kleinhammes, A [1 ]
Wu, Y [1 ]
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[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Phys & Astron, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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10.1063/1.1341217
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A nuclear magnetic resonance technique for precisely measuring the bulk magnetic susceptibility of micron-thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) film is introduced. The large disorder-induced diamagnetic enhancement exhibited by a-Si:H is shown to provide a sensitive bulk measurement for detecting variations in structural order in a-Si:H films. Furthermore, this approach is shown to be effective in revealing the details of microstructure in a-Si:H, including the presence of microstructural anisotropy. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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