@inproceedings{4517e507e4344949aa9d7a7d459bc932,
title = "Time-resolved cavity ringdown spectroscopy as a monitoring technique of nanoparticles in pulsed VHF plasmas",
abstract = "Time-resolved cavity ringdown (t-CRD) spectroscopy has been applied to monitor the silyl (SiH3) radicals and nanoparticles in pulsed very high frequency (VHF) silane (SiH4)/hydrogen (H2) plasmas under microcryst. silicon (micro c-Si:H) deposition conditions. After the plasma ignition, a small const. cavity loss (.apprx.100 ppm) on time scales smaller than .apprx.1 s has been obsd., whereas on time scales larger than .apprx.1 s after plasma ignition, an addnl. cavity loss is obsd. By variation of the wavelength of the CRD laser pulse, we demonstrate that the cavity loss on time scales smaller than .apprx.1 s reflects the SiH3 absorption. On time scales larger than .apprx.1 s, the addnl. cavity loss corresponds to the loss of light due to mainly scattering at the nanoparticles. Under the conditions studied, the light scattering at nanoparticles can be described by Rayleigh scattering during its initial growth. After .apprx.2.5 s, the cavity loss reflects the transition of the scattering mechanism from dominant Rayleigh to dominant Mie scattering. These results are discussed in terms of nanoparticles growing in time and further confirmed by addnl. SEM analyses on the nanoparticles created in the plasma pulse. [on SciFinder (R)]",
author = "Takehiko Nagai and A.H.M. Smets and M. Kondo",
year = "2007",
language = "English",
series = "Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings",
publisher = "Materials Research Society",
pages = "583--588",
booktitle = "Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology--2007",
address = "United States",
}