Photoelectric Spectroscopy of Indium in Silicon.

Abstract

Photoelectric spectroscopy has been used to study P3/2, P1/2, and Breit-Wigner-Fano excited state transitions of indium in silicon. The photoelectric spectra were compared to absorption spectra, and measured as a function of temperature. All P3/2 and P1/2 absorption lines are resolved in photoelectric spectra, with the exception of No. 4B. This is the first observation in photoelectric spectra of lines 3 through 10, 3p', and 4p'. The temperature dependence of the spectra demonstrates that line intensities are governed by a photothermal ionization process; in particular, the activation energy of the line 4 intensity agrees with the theoretical binding energy of the excited state. Details previously observed in the Breit-Wigner-Fano spectra associated with P3/2 lines 2-10 have also been observed for the first time in the absorption spectra. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122592

Entities

People

  • Gail J. Brown
  • John J. Rome
  • Richard J. Harris
  • Robert J. Spry
  • Thomas C. Chandler

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Data Acquisition
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Ground State
  • Hall Effect
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Observation
  • Optical Materials
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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