1/f noise in amorphous silicon and silicon-germanium alloys

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5112, Issue , 2003, Pages 61-66

  Johanson, Robert E ^a   Günes, Mehmet ^b   Kasap, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Amorphous silicon; Silicon germanium alloy

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; GERMANIUM; NOISE ABATEMENT; SILICON ALLOYS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONDUCTANCE NOISE; LONGITUDINAL CONDUCTION; SILICON GERMANIUM ALLOYS;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 0042764374     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.497096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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