Interaction Between Amorphous Semiconductor Thin Film and Electron Beam

Abstract

The research program has been directed to obtaining a quantitative understanding of the electron beam recording and readout sensitivity characteristics of amorphous semiconductor thin films. The effort in measuring the electron beam readout sensitivity of various amorphous semiconductor thin films has been continued. The results on Ge15Te81As4 shows that contrary to earlier work, the crystalline phase has a higher secondary electron yield than the amorphous phase. A research effort to understand electron beam enhanced crystallization process in amorphous semiconductor thin film has been initiated. Some preliminary results on light effect on crystallization temperature are reported. The process and thickness dependence of crystallization temperature, T(x), in Ge-Te-As thin films is investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763253

Entities

People

  • Arthur C. M. Chen

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystallization
  • Electron Beams
  • Energy
  • Films
  • Free Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Hot Pressing
  • Measurement
  • Memory Devices
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Phase
  • Phase Transformations
  • Resistance
  • Semiconductors
  • Thin Films
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene