Absorption edge, band tails, and disorder of amorphous semiconductors

AR Zanatta, I Chambouleyron - Physical Review B, 1996 - APS
In this work the relationship between the characteristic energy of the Urbach edge E 0 and
the parameter B 1 2 of the Tauc's representation of the absorption coefficient of a-SiN-and a …

Nitrogen in germanium

I Chambouleyron, AR Zanatta - Journal of applied physics, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
The known properties of nitrogen as an impurity in, and as an alloy element of, the
germanium network are reviewed in this article. Amorphous and crystalline germanium …

[PDF][PDF] Large negative magnetoresistance beyond chiral anomaly in topologicalinsulator candidate CeCuAs2 with spin-glass-like behavior

L Chen, Y Gu, Y Wang, Y Zhou, K Liao… - The Innovation …, 2023 - the-innovation.org
Large negative magnetoresistance (NMR), an important property for spintronics, requires
experimental realization owing to the lack of suitable structural motifs. Herein, a remarkable …

Transition between Efros–Shklovskii and Mott variable-range hop** conduction in polycrystalline germanium thin films

Z Li, L Peng, J Zhang, J Li, Y Zeng, Y Luo… - Semiconductor …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the electrical transport properties of polycrystalline germanium thin films which
are grown by the DC magnetron sputtering method. The temperature dependent resistance …

XPS study of the chemical bonding in hydrogenated amorphous germanium–carbon alloys

J Vilcarromero, FC Marques - Applied Physics A, 2000 - Springer
A systematic study of the chemical bonding in hydrogenated amorphous germanium–carbon
(a-Ge 1-x C x: H) alloys using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is presented. The …

Exponential absorption edge and disorder in Column IV amorphous semiconductors

AR Zanatta, M Mulato, I Chambouleyron - Journal of Applied Physics, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
We discuss the likely origin of the exponential absorption tail, or Urbach edge, of fourfold
coordinated amorphous (a-) semiconductors. The present analysis is based on a …

Nitrogen in the amorphous-germanium network: From high dilution to the alloy phase

AR Zanatta, I Chambouleyron - Physical Review B, 1993 - APS
In this work experimental data referring to the structural and optoelectronic characteristics of
amorphous-germanium-nitrogen thin films are presented and discussed. The nitrogen …

Spin-related negative magnetoresistance in germanium films

Z Li, Y Luo, J Li, J Zhang - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Herein, we report the transport properties of Ge films. The variable-range hop** transport
at low temperatures (T≲ 50 K) and thermal activation transport at high temperatures (T≳ 50 …

Bonding properties of rf-co-sputtering amorphous Ge–C films studied by X-ray photoelectron and Raman spectroscopies

J Vilcarromero, FC Marques, J Andreu - Journal of non-crystalline solids, 1998 - Elsevier
The bonding properties of hydrogenated amorphous germanium–carbon (a-Ge1− xCx: H)
alloy films, deposited by the rf-co-sputtering technique, were measured by Fourier transform …

Optoelectronic and structural properties of prepared by rf reactive cosputtering

J Vilcarromero, FC Marques, FL Freire Jr - Journal of applied physics, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
Optoelectronic, structural, and mechanical properties of hydrogenated amorphous
germanium carbon (a-Ge 1− x C x: H) alloys are presented. The films were prepared by the …