@article{oai:kanazawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00058433, author = {森本, 章治 and 久米田, 稔 and 清水, 立生 and Min, Hoonke and Fukushi, Iwao and Masuda, Atsushi and Morimoto, Akiharu and Kumeda, Minoru and Shimizu, Tatsuo}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, month = {}, note = {The bilayer structures composed of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride (a-Si3N4:H) are prepared on fused-quartz substrates and their interfacial Si dangling bonds (DBs) are evaluated by electron spin resonance (ESR). The ESR study reveals that the bottom nitride (BN) structure (a-Si:H/a-Si3N4:H/fused quartz) has a smaller amount of neutral DBs in the interface than the top nitride (TN) structure (a-Si3N4:H/a-Si:H/fused quartz). The photoconductivity measurements also support this finding. A larger amount of charged DBs in the interface, however, exist in the BN structure than in the TN structure. The larger amount of interfacial neutral DBs in the TN structure is likely to be caused by the UV irradiation from the plasma during the deposition of a-Si3N4:H layer.© 1995 American Institute of Physics., 金沢大学設計製造技術研究所 / 金沢大学理工研究域電子情報通信学系}, title = {Interfacial neutral- and charged-dangling-bond densities between hydrogenated amorphous silicon and hydrogenated amorphous silicon nitride in top nitride and bottom nitride structures}, year = {1995} }