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Imaging interstitial iron concentrations in boron-doped crystalline silicon using photoluminescence
Imaging the band-to-band photoluminescence of silicon wafers is known to provide rapid and high-resolution images of the carrier lifetime. Here, we show that such photoluminescence images, taken before and after dissociation of iron-boron pairs, allow an accurate image of the interstitial iron concentration across a boron-doped p-type silicon wafer to be generated. Such iron images can be obtained more rapidly than with existing point-by-point iron mapping techniques. However, because the technique is best used at moderate illumination intensities, it is important to adopt a generalized analysis that takes account of different injection levels across a wafer. The technique has been verified via measurement of a deliberately contaminated single-crystal silicon wafer with a range of known iron concentrations. It has also been applied to directionally solidified ingot-grown multicrystalline silicon wafers made for solar cell production, which contain a detectible amount of unwanted iron. The iron images on these wafers reveal internal gettering of iron to grain boundaries and dislocated regions during ingot growth.D.M. is supported by an Australian Research Council
QEII Fellowship. The Centre of Excellence for Advanced
Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics at UNSW is funded by
the Australian Research Council
Topological derivation of shape exponents for stretched exponential relaxation
In homogeneous glasses, values of the important dimensionless
stretched-exponential shape parameter beta are shown to be determined by magic
(not adjusted) simple fractions derived from fractal configuration spaces of
effective dimension d* by applying different topological axioms (rules) in the
presence (absence) of a forcing electric field. The rules are based on a new
central principle for defining glassy states: equal a priori distributions of
fractal residual configurational entropy. Our approach and its beta estimates
are fully supported by the results of relaxation measurements involving many
different glassy materials and probe methods. The present unique topological
predictions for beta typically agree with observed values to ~ 1% and indicate
that for field-forced conditions beta should be constant for appreciable ranges
of such exogenous variables as temperature and ionic concentration, as indeed
observed using appropriate data analysis. The present approach can also be
inverted and used to test sample homogeneity and quality.Comment: Original 13 pages lengthened to 21 pages (longer introduction, added
references and discussion of new experimental data published since original
submission
Theory of inter-edge superexchange in zigzag edge magnetism
A graphene nanoribbon with zigzag edges has a gapped magnetic ground state
with an antiferromagnetic inter-edge superexchange interaction. We present a
theory based on asymptotic properties of the Dirac-model ribbon wavefunction
which predicts and ribbon-width dependencies for the
superexchange interaction strength and the charge gap respectively. We find
that, unlike the case of conventional atomic scale superexchange, opposite
spin-orientations on opposite edges of the ribbon are favored by both kinetic
and interaction energies.Comment: 4 pages 8 figure
Magneto-electric coupling in zigzag graphene nanoribbons
Zigzag graphene nanoribbons can have magnetic ground states with
ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, or canted configurations, depending on
carrier density. We show that an electric field directed across the ribbon
alters the magnetic state, favoring antiferromagnetic configurations. This
property can be used to prepare ribbons with a prescribed spin-orientation on a
given edge.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Boltzmann theory of engineered anisotropic magnetoresistance in (Ga,Mn)As
We report on a theoretical study of dc transport coefficients in (Ga,Mn)As
diluted magnetic semiconductor ferromagnets that accounts for quasiparticle
scattering from ionized Mn acceptors with a local moment and
from non-magnetic compensating defects. In metallic samples Boltzmann transport
theory with Golden rule scattering rates accounts for the principle trends of
the measured difference between resistances for magnetizations parallel and
perpendicular to the current. We predict that the sign and magnitude of the
anisotropic magnetoresistance can be changed by strain engineering or by
altering chemical composition.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Space shuttle navigation analysis. Volume 1: GPS aided navigation
Analytical studies related to space shuttle navigation are presented. Studies related to the addition of NAVSTAR Global Positioning System user equipment to the shuttle avionics suite are presented. The GPS studies center about navigation accuracy covariance analyses for both developmental and operational phases of GPS, as well as for various orbiter mission phases
Development of a portable precision landing system
A portable, tactical approach guidance (PTAG) system, based on a novel, X-band, precision approach concept, was developed and flight tested as a part of NASA's Rotorcraft All-Weather Operations Research Program. The system is based on state-of-the-art X-band technology and digital processing techniques. The PTAG airborne hardware consists of an X-band receiver and a small microprocessor installed in conjunction with the aircraft instrument landing system (ILS) receiver. The microprocessor analyzes the X-band, PTAG pulses and outputs ILS compatible localizer and glide slope signals. The ground stations are inexpensive, portable units, each weighing less than 85 lb, including battery, that can be quickly deployed at a landing site. Results from the flight test program show that PTAG has a significant potential for providing tactical aircraft with low cost, portable, precision instrument approach capability
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