Determination of effective trapping times for electrons and holes in irradiated silicon

A set of standard and oxygenated silicon diodes with different resistivities 1 and 15 kOmega cm) was irradiated with neutrons to fluences up to 2 x 10(14) cm(-2), 1 MeV neutron NIEL equivalent. After beneficial annealing the signal response from the diodes was studied using transient current technique. Red laser lambda = 670 nm) illumination was used for creation of electrons and holes. Assuming exponential decrease of the drifting charge in time, the effective trapping probability of electrons and holes was deduced from the evolution of the induced current at voltages above the full depletion voltage. The effective trapping probabilities of holes were found to be larger than of electrons. The trapping probability is shown to scale linearly with fluence. No significant difference between effective trapping probabilities for different materials was measured. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.