Photoconductivity and Transport Properties of As-Se Thin Films

Abstract

Steady-state and transient photo conductivity characteristics of thermally and laser-beam deposited chalcogenide amorphous films As40Se60 and As50Se50%0 are studied at varied light intensity and temperature. The lux-ampere characteristics are shown to change the power exponent from a value greater than 0.5 at low intensities to the value less than 0.5 at high intensities, indicating the change in recombination reaction. The transient photocurrents in step-function mode of excitation were found to be consistent with the model of trap-controlled non-stationary capture and recombination in exponentially distributed in energy hole traps. Evaluating of the trap energy distribution parameter independently from the photocurrent transients as well as from the dependence of steady-state photoconductivity measurements yields consistent results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP011545

Entities

People

  • E. P. Colomeyco
  • M. A. Iovu
  • M. S. Iovu
  • S. D. Shutov
  • S. Z. Rebeja

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Advanced Materials
  • Charge Carriers
  • Coefficients
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Dispersions
  • Fermi Levels
  • Films
  • Heat Of Activation
  • High Temperature
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Semiconductors
  • Steady State
  • Thin Films
  • Transition Temperature
  • Transport Properties

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition