Table 2 Typical parameter values obtained using CL parameterization with confidence limits of 90% for sample ‘A’.

From: Micro-combinatorial sampling of the optical properties of hydrogenated amorphous \(\hbox {Si}_{1-x}\,\hbox {Ge}_{{x}}\) for the entire range of compositions towards a database for optoelectronics

Measurment place parameter

Si-rich end

\(x=0.5\)

Ge-rich end

\(\varepsilon _1(\infty )\)

0.44 ± 0.01

0.41 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.01

A (eV)

115.82 ± 0.74

93.75 ± 0.37

101.78 ± 0.34

\(\Gamma \) (eV)

2.701 ± 0.003

3.355 ± 0.006

4.012 ± 0.007

\(\hbox {E}_0\) (eV)

3.680 ± 0.003

3.896 ± 0.003

3.561 ± 0.004

\(\hbox {E}_g\) (eV)

0.949 ± 0.003

0.847 ± 0.004

0.692 ± 0.004

\(\hbox {E}_p\) (eV)

1.95 ± 0.02

0.95 ± 0.01

0.76 ± 0.01

\(\hbox {d}_{{SiGe}}\) (nm)

101.58 ± 0.13

105.85 ± 0.14

106.87 ± 0.15

\(\hbox {d}_{{ox}}\) (nm)

2.66 ± 0.02

3.57 ± 0.03

3.21 ± 0.03

Inhomogeneity (%)

0.26 ± 0.02

2.39 ± 0.05

2.28 ± 0.05

RMSE

2.46

3.13

3.00