Strong visible photoluminescence from amorphous silicon grains in a-SiOx:H films

Two strong luminescence bands were observed from a-SiOx:H in the spectral range of 550-900 nm at room temperature. One is a main broad peak which blueshifts with oxygen content and the other is a shoulder fixed at about 835 nm. In conjunction with TR and micro-Raman spectra, we have proposed that the main band may originate from the amorphous silicon grains embedded in SiOx network, while the shoulder might be due to some defects induced by excess-silicon in these films. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Improvement of the stability of hydrogenated amorphous silicon films by intermittent illumination treatment at elevated temperature

The intermittent illumination treatment by white light at elevated temperature is proved to be a convenient and efficient method for the improvement of the stability of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) films. The effect of the treatment on electrical properties, light-induced degradation, and gap states of undoped a-Si:H films has been investigated in detail. With the increase of cycling number, the dark- as well as photo-conductivities in annealed state and light-soaked state approach each other, presenting an unique irreversible effect. The stabilization and ordering processes by the present treatment can not be achieved merely by annealing under the same conditions. It is shown that the treatment proposed here results in a shift to higher values of the energy barriers between defects and their precursors, and hence an improved stability of a-Si:H films. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM STUDY OF THE GAAS/SI EPILAYER GROWN BY USING A THIN AMORPHOUS SI FILM AS BUFFER LAYER

Recently, we reported successful growth of high-quality GaAs/Si epilayers by using a very thin amorphous Si film as buffer layer. In this paper, the impurity properties of this kind of GaAs/Si epilayers have been studied by using PL spectrum, SIMS and Hall measurement. Compared to a typical PL spectrum of the GaAs/Si epilayers grown by conventional two-step method, a new peak was observed in our PL spectrum at the energy of 1.462 eV, which is assigned to the band-to-silicon acceptor recombination. The SIMS analysis indicates that the silicon concentration in this kind of GaAs/Si epilayers is about 10(18) cm(-3). But its carrier concentration (about 4 x 10(17) cm(-3)) is lower than the silicon concentration. The lower carrier concentration in this kind of GaAs/Si epilayer can be interpreted both as the result of higher compensation and as the result of the formation of the donor-defect complex. We also found that the high-quality and low-Si-concentration GaAs/Si epilayers can be regrown by using this kind of GaAs/Si epilayer as substrate. The FWHM of the X-ray (004) rocking curve from this regrowth GaAs epilayer is 118 '', it is much less than that of the first growth GaAs epilayer (160 '') and other reports for the GaAs/Si epilayer grown by using conventional two-step method (similar to 200 '').

Influence of zinc phthalocyanines on photoelectrical properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Composites consisting of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H, inorganic) and zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc, organic) were prepared by vacuum evaporation of ZnPc and sequential deposition amorphous silicon via plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The optical and electrical properties of the composite film have been investigated. The results demonstrate that ZnPc can endure the temperature and bombardment of the PECVD plasma and photoconductivity of the composite film was improved by 89.9% compared to pure a-Si: H film. Electron mobility-lifetime products μτ of the composite film were increased by nearly one order of magnitude from 6.96 × 10~(-7) to 5.08 × 10~(-6) cm~2/V. Combined with photoconductivity spectra of the composites and pure a-Si: H, we tentatively elucidate the improvement in photoconductivity of the composite film.

双源电子束蒸发制备Si/SiO2光学薄膜的工艺

用双源电子束蒸发的方法,在K9玻璃基片上蒸镀Si和SiO2的混合膜.通过改变两种膜料蒸发速率的比例,得到的各个膜层,其折射率大小在两种膜料折射率之间的范围内变化.从实验上得出了混合膜层的折射率随Si和SiO2蒸发速率比变化的规律,并讨论了这种淀积方法的优越性.

纳米Si镶嵌SiO2薄膜的发光与非线性光学特性的应用

采用射频磁控溅射技术和热退火处理制备了纳米Si镶嵌SiO2薄膜，在室温下观察到光致发光现象，峰值分别位于360，430和835nm，结合吸收谱、光致发光激发谱和X射线衍射分析讨论了发光机理．利用纳米Si镶嵌SiO2薄膜的非线性光学特性可作为可饱和吸收体，在Nd

LPCVD Growth of 3C-SiC on Si Mesas and SiO2/Si Substrates for MEMS Applications

This paper presents the development of LPCVD growth of 3C-SiC thin films grown on Si mesas and thermally oxidized SiO2 masks over Si with an area of 150 × 100μm^2 and SiO2/Si substrates. The growth has been performed via chemical vapor deposition using SiH4 and C2H4 precursor gases with carrier gas of H2. 3C-SiC films on these substrates were characterized by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction （ XRD ）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （ XPS ）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM） and room temperature Hall effect measurements. It is shown that there were no voids at the interface between 3C-SiC and SiO2.

16×0．8nm Si基SiO2阵列波导光栅设计、制备及测试

叙述了一个完整的16通道硅基二氧化硅阵列波导光栅(AWG)的设计、制备及测试过程。通道间隔为0．8nm(100GHz)，解复用器的插入损耗为16．8dB，其中材料损耗为11．95dB，相邻通道串扰小于一17dB，通道插损非均匀性小于2．2dB。

SiO2/Si波导应力双折射数值分析

采用有限元法对SiO2/Si掩埋光波导制备工艺中的应力变化进行了系统的分析,在此基础上,应用有限差分束传播法(FDBPM)对应力光波导的双折射进行了计算.结果表明上包层的玻璃化过程是SiO2/Si波导形成水平方向和垂直方向应力差的主要原因,相应的应力双折射系数B在10-4量级.进一步的分析表明上包层B,P重掺杂可明显减小波导的双折射系数.

采用PECVD方法制作SiO2绝缘层的AlGaN/GaN MOS-HFET器件

为了进一步减小栅漏电,提高击穿电压,将MOS结构的优点引入ALGaN/GaN HEMT器件中,研制并分析了新型的基于AlGaN/GaN的 MOS-HFET结构.采用等离子增强气相化学沉积(PECVD)的方法生长了50 nm的SiO2作为栅绝缘层,新型的AlGaN/GaN MOS-HFET器件栅长1 μm,栅宽80 μm,测得最大饱和输出电流为784 mA/mm,最大跨导为44.25 ms/mm,最高栅偏压+6 V.

Si衬底和Si-SiO2-Si柔性衬底上的GaN生长

使用MBE方法在Si(111)衬底和Si-SiO2-Si柔性衬底上生长了GaN外延层,并对在两种衬底上生长的样品进行了对比分析.在柔性衬底上获得了无裂纹的外延层,其表面粗糙度为0.6nm.研究了GaN外延层中的应力及其光学性质,光致发光测试结果表明柔性衬底上生长的外延层中应力和杂质浓度明显低于直接生长在Si衬底上的样品的值.研究结果显示了所用柔性衬底有助于改善GaN外延膜的质量.