Effect of dislocations on minority carrier lifetime in HgCdTe

被引:11
|
作者
Gopal, V [1 ]
Gupta, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Solid State Phys Lab, Delhi 110054, India
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.1644039
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
This article shows that the temperature dependence of minority carrier lifetime in mercury cadmium telluride samples of differing dislocation densities can be accounted well by including the dislocation contribution in addition to the contribution of well known radiative, auger, and Shockley-Read recombination mechanisms. The dislocation contribution to the minority carrier lifetime has been calculated on the basis of a recently proposed model [V. Gopal and S. Gupta, IEEE-ED 50, 1220 (2003)] by treating dislocation as a discontinuity of the lattice. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
引用
收藏
页码:2467 / 2472
页数:6
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [31] Minority carrier lifetime and noise in abrupt molecular-beam epitaxy-grown HgCdTe heterostructures
    Sewell, R
    Musca, CA
    Dell, JM
    Faraone, L
    Józwikowski, K
    Rogalski, A
    JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, 2003, 32 (07) : 639 - 645
  • [32] INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF DISLOCATIONS ON MINORITY-CARRIER LIFETIME IN VPE-GAP-N, TE
    MIENTUS, R
    WANDEL, K
    ACTA PHYSICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 1981, 51 (04): : 459 - 470
  • [33] EFFECTS OF PROCESS INDUCED DISLOCATIONS AND PHOSPHORUS DIFFUSION ON MINORITY-CARRIER GENERATION LIFETIME IN SILICON
    LIANG, AY
    VARKER, CJ
    JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1979, 126 (03) : C131 - C131
  • [34] EFFECT OF THERMAL TREATMENT OF SILICON ON MINORITY-CARRIER LIFETIME
    ATSARKIN, VA
    MAZEL, EZ
    SOVIET PHYSICS-SOLID STATE, 1961, 2 (09): : 1874 - 1878
  • [35] Effect of nitrogen doping on the minority carrier lifetime in Czochralski silicon
    Cui, C
    Yang, DR
    Yu, XG
    Ma, XY
    Li, LB
    Que, DL
    MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 2003, 66 (1-4) : 373 - 378
  • [36] Minority carrier lifetime in silicon photovoltaics: The effect of oxygen precipitation
    Murphy, J. D.
    McGuire, R. E.
    Bothe, K.
    Voronkov, V. V.
    Falster, R. J.
    SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS, 2014, 120 : 402 - 411
  • [37] Effect of the porous silicon on the minority carrier lifetime of monocrystalline silicon
    Tan, Y., 1600, Journal of Functional Materials, P.O. Box 1512, Chongqing, 630700, China (43):
  • [38] Shockley–Haynes Characterization of Minority-Carrier Drift Velocity, Diffusion Coefficient, and Lifetime in HgCdTe Avalanche Photodiodes
    Johan Rothman
    G. Vojetta
    B. Moselle
    L. Mollard
    S. Gout
    J.-P. Chamonal
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 2010, 39 : 837 - 845
  • [39] MEASUREMENT OF MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME IN SILICON
    WATTERS, RL
    LUDWIG, GW
    JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1956, 27 (05) : 489 - 496
  • [40] MEASUREMENT OF MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIME IN GERMANIUM
    VALDES, LB
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS, 1952, 40 (11): : 1420 - 1423