The combination of photonics and silicon technology is a great challenge because of the
potentiality of coupling electronics and optical functions on a single chip. Silicon …

Microstructural, electrical, and optical properties of undoped and Nd 3+-doped SiO x/SiN y
multilayers fabricated by reactive radio frequency magnetron co-sputtering have been …

En raison de leurs propriétés nouvelles, les matériaux composites à base de nanocristaux
de silicium (nc-Si) contenus dans des matrices siliciées amorphes suscitent un intérêt …

Solid state composites and hybrid systems offer multifunctional applications in various fields
of human life, demonstrating solutions to the key problems of the environment, human …

Solid state composites, being constructed of inorganic/inorganic building blocks, combine
the ability of the parent constituents and generate new, sometimes unexpected, properties …

Abstract 1 Zusammenfassung 2 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Quantum effect 3 1.2 Silicon
nanocrystals 3 1.3 Various dielectric matrices 5 1.4 Phase separation mechanisms 6 1.5 …

Multilayer structures of Si rich silicon oxide (SiOx) alternated with two types of dielectric
sublayers viz. SiO2 or SiNx have been studied. An enhancement in the density of …

Ultrathin silicon nitride multilayer films were prepared by varying silane/ammonia flow ratios
1/10 and 1/20 alternately in a silicon nitride hot-wire chemical vapor deposition chamber …

Thin films of multi-layerd nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) have established wide attention in
the field of third generation solar cells. In this chapter, the amorphous hydrogenated a-Si …

The nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) thin films have received a wide attention in the field of
third generation solar cells. In this work, the amorphous hydrogenated a-Si: H/a-SiO2 multi …