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Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 5Conductance Fluctuations in Undoped Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon-Germanium Alloy Thin Films(Elsevier Ltd., 2002) Güneş, Mehmet; Johanson, Robert E.; Kasap, Safa O.; Yang, Jeffrey C.; Guha, SubhenduWe report coplanar conductance fluctuations of device quality, undoped hydrogenated amorphous silicon-germanium alloy thin films (a-SiGe:H) measured from 430 to 490 K. The a-SiGe:H alloys produce noise power spectra similar to coplanar undoped a-Si:H films in the same temperature range. The noise power spectrum S(n) does not fit a single 1/fα power law but rather has two distinct regions, each accurately fitted by a power law, but with different slopes. The low frequency slope α1 is similar to that observed in undoped a-Si:H films varying from 1.30 to 1.46 for different Ge concentrations and shows a slight temperature dependence. At higher frequencies, the slope α2 is less than unity and temperature independent but depends on the Ge content of the film. α2 decreases from 0.60 for no Ge (pure a-Si:H) to 0.15 for 40 at.% Ge. The noise power at lower frequencies increases and at higher frequencies decreases substantially as the temperature increases from 430 to 490 K. We infer that similar noise mechanisms are operating in undoped a-SiGe:H and a-Si:H films but that the Ge content is influencing the noise, particularly the slope at higher frequencies. In addition, the noise has the expected quadratic dependence on bias current and obeys Gaussian statistics.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 31/F Noise in Amorphous Silicon and Silicon-Germanium Alloys(SPIE, 2003) Johanson, Robert E.; Güneş, Mehmet; Kasap, Safa O.We report measurements of conductance noise of a-Si1-XGeX:H in two different geometries; one where the current flow is transverse to the surface and the other longitudinal to it. Because of the large increase in sample resistance in going from transverse to longitudinal conduction, it was not possible to measure both geometries at the same temperature. However, the temperature trends are compatible with a common noise source. For both geometries, alloying with up to 40% Ge reduces the noise magnitude by a factor of 50 over that found in a-Si:HArticle Citation - WoS: 11Citation - Scopus: 11The Effects of Native and Light Induced Defects on Optoelectronic Properties of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon-Germanium (a-Sige:h) Alloy Thin Films(Springer Verlag, 2010) Güneş, Mehmet; Yavaş, Mert; Klomfaß, Josef; Finger, FriedhelmEffects of native and light induced defects states in hydrogenated amorphous silicon-germanium alloy thin films with different Ge concentrations have been investigated by using steady-state photoconductivity, dual beam photoconductivity (DBP), transmission spectroscopy and photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS) techniques. In the annealed state, sub-bandgap absorption spectra obtained from both PDS and DBP overlap very well at energies above 1.4 eV. However, differences in α (hν) spectrum exist in the lower energy part of absorption spectrum. The α (hν) value measured at 1.0 eV is the lowest for 10% Ge sample and increases gradually as Ge content of the sample increases. In the light soaked state, time dependence of photoconductivity decay obeys to t -x power law, where x changes from 0.30 to 0.60 for samples with low Ge content and 0.05-0.1 for samples with high Ge content. Correspondingly, the increase of the sub-bandgap absorption coefficient at lower energies obeys to t y power law, where y values are lower than the x value of the same sample. It can be inferred that sub-bandgap absorption and photoconductivity measurements are not controlled by the same set of defects created in the bandgap of alloys. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.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: 8Citation - Scopus: 9Diffusion Length Measurements of Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films Prepared by Hot-wire/Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition (hwcvd)(Elsevier Ltd., 2006) Okur, Salih; Güneş, Mehmet; Finger, Friedhelm; Carius, ReinhardHydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) films prepared by using the hot-wire/catalytic chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) technique at low substrate temperatures between 185 °C and 220 °C with different silane concentrations (SC) were investigated using steady-state photocarrier grating (SSPG) and the steady-state photoconductivity methods (SSPC). Crystalline volume fractions (IC RS) obtained from Raman spectroscopy change from 0.22 to 0.77. The diffusion length (LD) is measured at generation rates between G = 1019 and 1021 cm- 3 s- 1. LD changes from 27 nm to 270 nm, with maximum values around SC = 5%. The dependence of LD on SC is similar to that observed for similar quality microcrystalline silicon films prepared using the VHF-PECVD technique. The grating quality factor, γ0, drops from about 0.9 to 0.5 after transition to the microcrystalline regime as indication of scattering from surface patterns.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Minority Carrier Properties of Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Films Grown by Hw-Cvd and Vhf-Pecvd Techniques(National Institute of Optoelectronics, 2005) Okur, Salih; Göktaş, Oktay; Güneş, Mehmet; Finger, Friedhelm; Carius, ReinhardOpto-electronic properties of μc-Si:H films prepared by hot-wire/catalytic chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) and very high frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (VHF-PECVD) techniques with various silane concentrations (SC) have been investigated using Raman spectroscopy, the steady-state photocarrier grating technique (SSPG), and the steady-state photoconductivity (SSPC). A correlation between the minority carrier transport properties and the microstructure has been found, using the dependence of the diffusion length (Ld) on the SC and Raman intensity ratio (I c RS) representing crystalline volume fractions. I C RS changes from 0.22 to 0.77. Ld increases with increasing Ic RS. It peaks around 0.5 with a maximum value of 270 nm, then decreases. Similar dependences of Ld on I C RS were obtained for films prepared by both HWCVD and VHF-PECVD. However, the grating quality factor measured on highly crystalline HWCVD films is substantially smaller than that found for VHF-PECVD films, indicating a relatively higher surface roughness present in the highly crystalline HWCVD films.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 16Citation - Scopus: 17Instability Phenomena in Microcrystalline Silicon Films(National Institute of Optoelectronics, 2005) Finger, Friedhelm; Carius, Reinhard; Dylla, Thorsten; Klein, Stefan; Okur, Salih; Güneş, MehmetMicrocrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) for solar cell applications is investigated with respect to the material stability upon treatment of the material in various environments, followed by annealing. The material can be separated into two groups: (i) material with high crystalline volume fractions and pronounced porosity which is susceptible to in-diffusion of atmospheric gases, which, through adsorption or oxidation affect the electronic properties and (ii) compact material with high or low crystalline volume fractions which show considerably less or no influence of treatment in atmospheric gases. We report the investigation of such effects on the stability of μc-Si:H films prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition and hot wire chemical vapour deposition.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.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Light Induced Degradation of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon - Germanium Alloy (a-Sige:h) Thin Films(National Institute of Optoelectronics, 2005) Dönertaş, M. Elif; Güneş, MehmetHydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium alloy thin films prepared by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) with varying Germanium concentrations have been investigated in both the annealed and the light soaked state. Samples were characterized using steady state photoconductivity and dual beam photoconductivity (DBP). The Staebler-Wronski effect has been investigated by monitoring the changes in the photoconductivity, σ ph, and the increase in the sub-bandgap absorption coefficient, α. The kinetics of defect creation for different germanium contents has also been compared with those for unalloyed hydrogenated amorphous silicon films. It is found that for the films with low Ge fraction, both a decrease in the photoconductivity and an increase in α (1.0eV) show similar time dependences to those observed in a-Si:H films. However, as the Ge content increases, σ ph degrades faster and the same time dependence is not seen in the increase of α(1.0eV).Conference Object Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 3The Effects of Oxide Thickness on the Interface and Oxide Properties of Metal-Tantalum Pentoxide-Si (mos) Capacitors(National Institute of Optoelectronics, 2005) Özdağ, Pınar; Atanassova, Elena; Güneş, MehmetHigh dielectric constant tantalum-pentoxide insulating layers were prepared on p-type (100) crystalline silicon wafers using an RF magnetron sputtering technique. Then, metal-oxide-semiconductor (Al-Ta 2O 5-Si) structures were formed with various oxide thickness from 15 to 25 nm. Devices were characterized using the high frequency capacitance-voltage (C-V) spectroscopy method. From the analysis of the high frequency C-V curves, non-ideal effects such as oxide charges and interface trap densities have been evaluated. The results for Ta 2O 5 layers have been compared with those for conventional SiO 2 layers. Interface trap densities were found to be 1.6 ± 0.4×10 12 eV -1 cm -2 for Ta 2O 5 and about 2×10 11 eV -1 cm -2 for SiO 2 insulating layers. There was no clear thickness dependence of the interface trap densities for the Ta 2O 5 insulating layers.