Numerical Studies of Physics and Operation of LTG Materials and Devices.

Abstract

This document summarizes Scientific Research Associates, Inc., (SRA) low temperature material studies, carried out under U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Contract F49620-94-C-0024. The study summarizes a model that was developed that is consistent with present low temperature growth (LTG) experimental studies. SRA's study included one-dimensional transient simulations and two-dimensional time independent constrained geometric studies. The broad aspects of the study indicate that annealed LTG GaAs is best represented as material containing precipitates with characteristics of embedded Schottky barriers. These embedded barriers are, in turn surrounded by defects. Carrier transport in annealed LTG GaAs is between the precipitates, with the details determined by the precipitate spacing, the concentration of traps, and properties of the surrounding traps. The two-dimensional studies provide numerical evidence that carriers travel between precipitates and are influenced, to first order, by the properties of the surrounding traps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA330585

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  • Harold L. Grubin

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Band Gaps
  • Band Structures
  • Conduction Bands
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Fermi Levels
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Free Electrons
  • Geometry
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Semiconductors
  • Simulations
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
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