Effect of deposition parameters on the optical absorption in thermally evaporated cadmium telluride thin films

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 120-127

  El Kadry, N ^a   Ahmed, M F ^a   Abdel Hady, K A ^a  

^a El Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cadmium telluride; Deposition process; Evaporation; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; EVAPORATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONS; STOICHIOMETRY; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AMORPHOUS SUBSTRATES; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DEPOSITION RATE; PHOTON ENERGY; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THERMALLY EVAPORATED THIN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0030101080     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-6090(95)07096-6     Document Type: Article

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