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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics Année : 2010

Nanocrystalline silicon film growth morphology control through RF waveform tailoring

E.V. Johnson
T. Verbeke
  • Fonction : Auteur
J-C Vanel
  • Fonction : Auteur
Jean-Paul Booth

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We demonstrate the application of RF waveform tailoring to generate an electrical asymmetry in a capacitively coupled plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition system, and its use to control the growth mode of hydrogenated amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon thin films deposited at low temperature (150 °C). A dramatic shift in the dc bias potential at the powered electrode is observed when simply inverting the voltage waveform from 'peaks' to 'troughs', indicating an asymmetric distribution of the sheath voltage. By enhancing or suppressing the ion bombardment energy at the substrate (situated on the grounded electrode), the growth of thin silicon films can be switched between amorphous and nanocrystalline modes, as observed using in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry. The effect is observed at pressures sufficiently low that the collisional reduction in average ion bombardment energy is not sufficient to allow nanocrystalline growth (<100 mTorr).

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hal-01549485 , version 1 (28-06-2017)

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E.V. Johnson, T. Verbeke, J-C Vanel, Jean-Paul Booth. Nanocrystalline silicon film growth morphology control through RF waveform tailoring. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2010, 43, pp.412001. ⟨10.1088/0022-3727/43/41/412001⟩. ⟨hal-01549485⟩
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