ISSN:
1063-7826
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract Thermal evaporation of tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-2,5-heptadionato) Er(III) inside the plasma gap was used to introduce erbium into amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H) obtained by radio-frequency silane decomposition. The samples obtained had a pronounced layered structure due to exhaustion of the erbium source. The layer nearest to the substrate was enriched with erbium, oxygen, and carbon; gave rise to luminescence with a wavelength of 1.535 µm characteristic of 4 I 13/2 → 4 I 15/2 intra-atomic transitions of erbium; and contained a large number of defects. The top layer contained much fewer defects, was close to undoped a-Si:H in the photoelectric characteristics, and was responsible for photoconductivity in the samples obtained. The experimental data are analyzed in the context of the models for doping of a-Si:H with Er with the resulting emergence of n-type conduction and formation of heterojunction as the film grows.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/1.1188083
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