Title :
Ultrafast carrier dynamics in microcrystalline silicon studied by time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy
Author :
L. Fekete;P. Kuzel;H. Nemec;F. Kadlec;A. Fejfar
Author_Institution :
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Abstract :
Using optical pump — THz probe experiments we studied a series of 1-mm-thick µc-Si:H samples with a variable degree of crystallinity deposited on sapphire substrates. The data provide a full picture of nanoscopic transport of photocarriers on a 100fs-1ns timescale.
Keywords :
"Silicon","Spectroscopy","Crystallization","Amorphous materials","Delay","Optical films","Optical surface waves","Optical pumping","Ultrafast optics","Substrates"
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5416-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2035
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5324949