Determination Of Surface Recombination Velocity And Bulk Lifetime In Detector Grade Silicon And Germanium Crystals

Autor: J. T. Walton, C.S. Rossington, Paul N. Luke, N. Derhacobian, P. Fine, Y. K. Wong
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: 1993 IEEE Conference Record Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference.
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.1993.701697
Popis: The utility of a noncontact photoconductive decay (PCD) technique is demonstrated in measuring the bulk lifetime, /spl tau//sub B/, and surface recombination velocity, S, in detector grade silicon and germanium crystals. We show that the simple analytical equations which relate the observed effective lifetimes in PCD transients to /spl tau//sub B/ and S have a limited range of applicability. The noncontact PCD technique is used to determine the effect of several surface treatments on the observed effective lifetimes in Si and Ge. A degradation of the effective lifetime in Si is reported as a result of the growth of a thin layer of native oxide at room temperature under atmospheric conditions. >
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