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Structural Relaxation of Amorphous Silicon Induced by High Temperature Annealing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

L. De Wit ,
S. Roorda ,
W.C. Sinke ,
F.W. Saris ,
A.J.M. Berntsen  and
W.F. Van Der Weg
L. De Wit
Affiliation:
FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
S. Roorda
Affiliation:
FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
W.C. Sinke
Affiliation:
FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
F.W. Saris
Affiliation:
FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A.J.M. Berntsen
Affiliation:
Department of Atomic and Interface Physics, Debye Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80000, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
W.F. Van Der Weg
Affiliation:
Department of Atomic and Interface Physics, Debye Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80000, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Structural relaxation of amorphous Si is studied in the temperature range 500-850 °C using Raman spectroscopy. The minumum value for the Raman peakwidth that can be obtained is inversely proportional to the anneal temperature. The relaxation process is basically the same in a-Si prepared by ion implantation and by vacuum evaporation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 205: Symposium F – Kinetics of Phase Transformations , 1990 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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