INVESTIGATION OF TWO-CARRIER INJECTION ELECTROLUMINESCENCE,

Abstract

Injection electroluminescence starting at 1.35 volts has been found in physical inversion layers of metal-semiconductor contacts to n-type ZnSe crystals. N-type ZnTe crystals have electron mobilities of 340 sq. cm./bolt/sec at room temperature. Incorporation of rare-earth ions in II-VI crystals has been accomplished. A new materials combination for tunnel-injection-EL diodes has been devised. A unified theory of recombination kinetics via centers has been written which covers the excitation, quenching, and stimulation of luninescence and their relationship with photoconductivity and optical absorption. A model of nearest-neighbor-split luninescence levels in mixed crystals is presented which accounts in a really striking way for the peculiar emission spectra of Zn(S:Se)Ag. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0437573

Entities

Organizations

  • RCA Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Charge Carriers
  • Charged Particles
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electroluminescence
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Emission
  • Emission Spectra
  • Materials
  • Mobility
  • Optical Absorption
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene