Subwavelength inhomogeneities in Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 thin films revealed by near-field scanning optical microscopy

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1005-1008

  Gütay, Levent ^a,b   Pomraenke, Robert ^a   Lienau, Christoph ^a   Bauer, Gottfried Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICORRELATION; BAND GAPS; CU(IN , GA)SE; DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DIFFRACTION LIMITS; FIBER PROBE; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEITY; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LENGTH SCALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTICAL THRESHOLD; QUASI-FERMI LEVEL; SAMPLE SURFACE; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SOLAR CELL ABSORBERS; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; COPYING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GALLIUM; LASER EXCITATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THIN FILMS;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

DATA STORAGE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GALLIUM; GEOLOGY; LASERS; LEGISLATION; MICROSCOPY; REPROGRAPHY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SUN LIGHT; THIN FILMS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 65649083007     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200881195     Document Type: Article

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