Study of Ni-silicide-mediated crystallization of a-Si by spectroscopic ellipsometry

T. J. Kim, Y. D. Kim, K. H. Kim, W. S. Sohn, J. Jang

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Abstract

We used spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) to study optical properties of polycrystalline Si prepared by Ni-silicide-mediated crystallization. Amorphous (a-)Si films were deposited on Corning glass by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Then a very thin layer of Ni was deposited on the a-Si films. For low temperature crystallization, a lateral electric field was applied to the a-Si film. We quantified crystallization of the a-Si film using pseudodielectric functions obtained by SE with Bruggeman effective medium approximation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S173-S175
JournalJournal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume42
Issue numberSPEC.
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2003
EventProceedings of The 11th Seoul International Symposium on the Physics of Semiconductors and Apllications - 2002 - Cheju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 20 Aug 200223 Aug 2002

Keywords

  • Crystallization
  • EMA
  • Ellipsometry
  • Poly-Si

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