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Conference Object Citation - WoS: 6Citation - Scopus: 9Sub-Bandgap Optical Absorption Spectroscopy of Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films Prepared Using Hot-Wire Cvd (cat-Cvd) Process(Elsevier Ltd., 2006) Göktaş, Oktay; Işık, Nebile; Okur, Salih; Güneş, Mehmet; Carius, Reinhard; Klomfaß, Josef; Finger, FriedhelmHydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) thin films with different silane concentration (SC) have been prepared using the HW-CVD technique. Dual beam photoconductivity (DBP), photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS), and transmission measurements have been used to investigate the optical properties of the μc-Si:H films. Two different sub-bandgap absorption, α(hν), methods have been applied and analyzed to obtain a better insight into the electronic states involved. A good agreement has been obtained in the absorption spectrum obtained from the PDS and DBP measurements at energies above the bandgap. Differences between PDS and DBP spectra exist below the bandgap energy where DBP spectra always give lower α(hν) values and show a dependence on the SC. For some films, differences exist in the α(hν) spectra when the DBP measurements are carried out through the film and substrate side. In addition, for some films, there remains fringe pattern left on the spectrum after the calculation of the fringe-free absorption spectrum, which indicates structural inhomogeneities present throughout the film.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 10Sub-Bandgap Absorption Spectroscopy and Minority Carrier Transport Properties of Hydrogenated Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films(National Institute of Optoelectronics, 2005) Güneş, Mehmet; Göktaş, Oktay; Okur, Salih; Işık, Nebile; Carius, Reinhard; Klomfaß, Josef; Finger, FriedhelmHydrogenated microcrystalline silicon thin films have been prepared using HW-CVD and VHF-PECVD techniques with different silane concentrations. The steady-state photoconductivity, dual beam photoconductivity, photothermal deflection spectroscopy and steady-state photocarrier grating (SSPG) methods have been used to investigate the optical and electronic properties of the films. Two different sub-bandgap absorption methods have been applied and analyzed to obtain a better insight into the electronic states involved. For some films, differences existed in the optical absorption spectra when the measurements were carried out through the film side and through the substrate side. In addition, for some films, fringe patterns remained on the spectrum after the calculation of the fringe free absorption spectrum, which indicates that structural inhomogeneities were present throughout the film. Finally, minority carrier diffusion lengths deduced from the SSPG measurements were investigated as a function of the crystalline volume fraction (I c RS) obtained from Raman spectroscopy. The longest diffusion lengths and lowest sub-bandgap absorption coefficients were obtained for films deposited in the region of the transition to the amorphous growth.
