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Photoluminescence in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon with Sulfur

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. Chen ,
P. C. Taylor ,
S. L. Wang  and
J. M. Viner
S. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112
P. C. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112
S. L. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112
J. M. Viner
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112
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Abstract

Photoluminescence (PL) has been measured at 80 K in a series of samples of sulfur doped a- Si:H using above- and below-bandgap excitation energies (2.4 and 1.38 eV). In addition, the absorption coefficients at room temperature have been obtained using photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS). At light sulfur doping levels (S/Si < 10-2), the Urbach slopes of the absorption coefficients on a semilog plot and the optical energy gaps, as measured by the points at which ca =104 cm-1, are independent of sulfur concentration. The slopes decrease and optical gaps increase with increasing doping level for doping levels above 10-2. At light sulfur doping levels the PL spectra excited with both above- and below-gap light are independent of sulfur concentration. For larger sulfur concentrations the shapes of the PL spectra vary. In particular, for S/Si > 10-2the peak of the PL spectrum shifts to below 0.8 eV using below-gap excitation at 1.38 eV, and the defect PL band dominates. Comparing the PL spectra of sulfur- and phosphorus-doped samples, the PL spectra change for sulfur doping above 10-2 and for phosphorus doping above 1 ppm. This trend is consistent with inefficient sulfur doping.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 420: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology-1996 , 1996 , 605
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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