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Structure of amorphous silicon investigated by EXAFS

Glover, Chris LU ; Foran, GJ and Ridgway, MC (2003) In Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms 199. p.195-199
Abstract
The local structure of amorphous Si (a-Si) formed by ion implantation has been investigated at the Si K edge with extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS). The first four cumulants of the interatomic distance distribution have been determined using the Cumulant method. The structural parameters (bondlength, coordination number and Debye-Waller factor) compared favorably to previous EXAFS investigations of a-Si prepared by sputtering methods, however, in the ion implanted case, no asymmetry was detectable in the radial distribution function for a-Si. The present results are in excellent agreement with recent high resolution X-ray diffraction measurements of a-Si, but were found to differ in regards the ion dose... (More)
The local structure of amorphous Si (a-Si) formed by ion implantation has been investigated at the Si K edge with extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS). The first four cumulants of the interatomic distance distribution have been determined using the Cumulant method. The structural parameters (bondlength, coordination number and Debye-Waller factor) compared favorably to previous EXAFS investigations of a-Si prepared by sputtering methods, however, in the ion implanted case, no asymmetry was detectable in the radial distribution function for a-Si. The present results are in excellent agreement with recent high resolution X-ray diffraction measurements of a-Si, but were found to differ in regards the ion dose dependent structure of another Group IV semiconductor: a-Ge. Specifically, no ion dose dependence of the a-Si structural parameters were observed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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amorphous semiconductors, extended X-ray absorption fine structure, spectroscopy, silicon
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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199
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195 - 199
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Elsevier
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0168-583X
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10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01544-6
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English
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  author       = {{Glover, Chris and Foran, GJ and Ridgway, MC}},
  issn         = {{0168-583X}},
  keywords     = {{amorphous semiconductors; extended X-ray absorption fine structure; spectroscopy; silicon}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{195--199}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms}},
  title        = {{Structure of amorphous silicon investigated by EXAFS}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01544-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0168-583X(02)01544-6}},
  volume       = {{199}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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