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Anomalous Carbon Interdiffusion in a-Si:H/a-SiC:H Multilayers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

R. Schwarz ,
T. Fischer ,
P. Hanesch ,
J. Lanz ,
W. Schirmacher ,
J. Kolodzey ,
G. Zorn  and
H. Goebel
R. Schwarz
Affiliation:
Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, W-8046 Garching, Germany
T. Fischer
Affiliation:
Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, W-8046 Garching, Germany
P. Hanesch
Affiliation:
Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, W-8046 Garching, Germany
J. Lanz
Affiliation:
Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, W-8046 Garching, Germany
W. Schirmacher
Affiliation:
Technical University of Munich, Physics Department, W-8046 Garching, Germany
J. Kolodzey
Affiliation:
University of Delaware, Department of Electrical Engineering, Newark DE, USA
G. Zorn
Affiliation:
Siemens AG, SFE, W-8000 München 83, Germany
H. Goebel
Affiliation:
Siemens AG, SFE, W-8000 München 83, Germany
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Abstract

The interdiffusion of carbon in a-Si:H and a-Si1-xCx:H multilayers is measured by analyzing the time evolution of the X-ray diffraction from the superlattices. A time dependent diffusivity D(t)which follows a power law is found. The theoretical analysis shows that such a time dependence, referred to as “dispersive” or “anomalous” diffusion and studied for hydrogen diffusion in the literature, is fundamentally related to the amorphous structure of the material.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 258: Symposium A – Amorphous Silicon Technology – 1992 , 1992 , 559
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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