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Photoacoustic Measurement of a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H Superlattice Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Feng Xiaomei
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R., China
Liu Hsiangna
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R., China
Wang Zhichao
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R., China
Qiu Shuye
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R., China
He Yuliang
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R., China
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Abstract

Photoacoustic (PAS) and optical transmission spectra were measured on a-Si:H/a-SiNx:H superlattices. The absorption coefficient ∝ in the range 102∼104 cm-1 was obtained by converting the PAS signal to ∝. The enhancement of the PAS peak intensity Qs and the increase in the width of the Urbach edge with decreasing a-Si:H layer thickness are explained as results of quantum size effect in the superlattice structure.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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