Material-Dependent Electric Field Enhancement of Photoconductivity in Gallium Arsenide

Abstract

Pulsed laser measurements on as-grown and thermally processed gallium arsenide show a material dependent photoconductivity. The pulsed voltage measurements on as-grown material provide evidence of a gain mechanism. An understanding of the photocurrent gain on the nature of the bulk gallium arsenide may be useful in explaining the lock-on phenomenon and in designing high power GaAs photoconductive devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA634887

Entities

People

  • G. C. Vezzoli
  • M. Weiner
  • T. Burke

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amplitude
  • Computer Simulations
  • Conversion
  • Electric Fields
  • Electronics
  • Gallium
  • Gallium Arsenides
  • High Voltage
  • Illumination
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Photoconductivity
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Pulsed Power
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics