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Optical and electrical properties have been measured for amorphous SiC films prepared by rf sputtering in a pure Ar atmosphere with a sintered 6H-SiC target. The absorption edge E0 determined from the relation of αhΝ = B(hΝ-E0)2 ranged from 1.45 to 1.80 eV depending on the film thickness and the substrate temperature. The room temperature electrical conductivity is in the range of 5.4×10−11 and 1.4×10−5 Ω−1cm−1. The absorption edge decreases and the conductivity increases with increasing film thickness. The absorption edge shifts to shorter wavelengths (blue shift) and the conductivity decreases during annealing below 400‡C for 60 min, whereas the absorption edge shifts to the longer wavelength side (red shift) and the conductivity increases during annealing at 800‡C It is proposed that the two annealing processes cause structural changes in amorphous SiC films, one of which involves removal of defects or voids while the other involves rearrangement or rebonding of the component atoms.
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Matsunami, H., Masahiro, H. & Tanaka, T. Structures and physical properties of sputtered amorphous SiC films. J. Electron. Mater. 8, 249–260 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02655626
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