AN INVESTIGATION OF BASIC MECHANISMS OF TRANSIENT HIGH ENERGY RADIATION EFFECTS IN INSULATORS AND SEMICONDUCTORS.

Abstract

This program was concerned with developing a thorough understanding, in solid state theory, of the effect produced in electronic materials by nuclear weapon radiation. The program was directed in such a way as to provide an answer to the following practical questions. Given a weapon time history, what are the physical processes and what are the mechanisms that determine their response time during and after exposure to pulsed high energy radiation. More specifically, it is important to determine the nature of that process, in a given material, either semiconductor or insulator, that is rate limiting, since, in general, the response will not be governed by a single simple process. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 17, 1964
Accession Number
AD0462730

Entities

People

  • C. C. Berggren
  • G. D. Thomas
  • R. R. Emmert
  • V. R. Honnold

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Dielectrics
  • Electronic Materials
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics