Growth and characterization of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films by nanosecond and femtosecond pulsed laser deposition

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Chen, Shih Chen ^a   Hsieh, Dan Hua ^a   Jiang, Hsin ^a   Liao, Yu Kuang ^a   Lai, Fang I ^c   Chen, Chyong Hua ^a   Luo, Chih Wei ^a   Juang, Jenh Yih ^a   Chueh, Yu Lun ^b   Wu, Kaung Hsiung ^a   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CIGS; Femtosecond; Photoluminescence; Pulsed laser deposition; Pump probe

Indexed keywords

COPPER ALLOYS; FILM GROWTH; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROBES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS;

CIGS; FEMTOSECOND PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION; FEMTOSECONDS; FOUR-PROBE MEASUREMENT; INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PUMP PROBE; PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84904004550     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-280     Document Type: Article

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