Time-resolved carrier tunneling in nanocrystalline silicon/amorphous silicon dioxide superlattices

2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (25) ◽  
pp. 5229-5231 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Duzhko ◽  
L. Tsybeskov
1997 ◽  
Vol 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe M. Fauchet ◽  
Leonid Tsybeskov ◽  
Margit Zacharias ◽  
Karl Hirschman

AbstractThin layers made of densely packed silicon nanocrystals sandwiched between amorphous silicon dioxide layers have been manufactured and characterized. An amorphous silicon/amorphous silicon dioxide superlattice is first grown by CVD or RF sputtering. The a-Si layers are recrystallized in a two-step procedure (nucleation + growth) to form layers of nearly identical nanocrystals whose diameter is given by the initial a-Si layer thickness. The recrystallization is monitored using a variety of techniques, including TEM, X-Ray, Raman, and luminescence spectroscopies. When the a-Si layer thickness decreases (from 25 nm to 2.5 nm) or the a-SiO2 layer thickness increases (from 1.5 nm to 6 nm), the recrystallization temperature increases dramatically compared to that of a single a-Si film. The removal of the a-Si tissue present between the nanocrystals, the passivation of the nanocrystals, and their doping are discussed.


2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. V. Kamenev ◽  
G. F. Grom ◽  
D. J. Lockwood ◽  
J. P. McCafrey ◽  
B. Laikhtman ◽  
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Author(s):  
И.П. Щербаков ◽  
А.Е. Чмель

AbstractThe introduction of Si^+ ions and ions of other elements into amorphous silicon dioxide during their interaction causes damage to the structural bonds, which is observed in the vibrational spectral bands. Pure SiO_2 has no optical transitions but the bands of induced point defects appear in the photoluminescence spectrum when ions/neutrons are introduced. The generation of photoluminescence-active defects by fluxes of Ar^+ ion and thermal neutrons is compared. It is shown that the nature of damage to the structure is associated with both the specifics of the synthesis/processing of the material and the features of the interaction between the substance and ions (atomic collisions) and neutrons (collisions with atomic nuclei).


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