Optical properties of microcrystalline materials

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 227-230, Issue PART 2, 1998, Pages 967-972

  Vanecek M ^a   Poruba, A ^a   Remes Z ^a   Beck, N ^b   Nesladek M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diamonds; Microcrystalline silicon; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DIAMOND FILMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES; VOLUME FRACTION;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; MICROCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032064986     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3093(98)00202-6     Document Type: Article

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