Excess modes and enhanced scattering in rare-earth-doped amorphous silicon thin films

Engineering & Materials Science

• Amorphous silicon 100%
• Rare earths 90%
• Thin films 69%
• Scattering 69%
• Thermal conductivity 65%
• Yttrium 42%
• Gadolinium 42%
• Specific heat 30%
• Amorphous semiconductors 27%
• Vibrational spectra 23%
• Silicon nitride 17%
• Doping (additives) 16%
• Atoms 15%
• Electrons 14%
• Membranes 12%
• Temperature 5%

Physics & Astronomy

• amorphous silicon 67%
• rare earth elements 62%
• thermal conductivity 57%
• gadolinium 40%
• yttrium 39%
• thin films 37%
• scattering 37%
• specific heat 28%
• amorphous semiconductors 23%
• vibrational spectra 20%
• silicon nitrides 17%
• calorimeters 17%
• softening 17%
• plateaus 17%
• membranes 13%
• vibration 12%
• high resolution 11%
• atoms 9%
• electrons 7%
• temperature 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Amorphous Silicon 99%
• Thermal Conductivity 69%
• Amorphous Material 20%
• Vibrational Spectrum 14%
• Doping Material 12%
• Semiconductor 11%
• Heat 10%
• Column Like Crystal 8%
• Electron Particle 7%
• Purity 7%