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Photoluminescence of thin amorphous-nanocrystalline silicon films

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Photoluminescence spectra of thin hydrogenated-silicon films having mixed amorphous-nanocrystalline phase composition have been studied. Fabry-Perot interference was found to affect strongly the shape of the spectra. An analysis of the spectra made with inclusion of interference corrections shows that only one emission band forms in the 0.6–1.0 µm region due to carrier recombination at centers of the same type.

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  1. A. F. Ioffe Physicotechnical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021, St. Petersburg, Russia

    V. G. Golubev, A. V. Medvedev, A. B. Pevtsov, A. V. Sel'kin & N. A. Feoktistov

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Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 153–158 (January 1999)

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Golubev, V.G., Medvedev, A.V., Pevtsov, A.B. et al. Photoluminescence of thin amorphous-nanocrystalline silicon films. Phys. Solid State 41, 137–142 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1130744

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