TRANSIENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY IN SI-DOPED AL0.26GA0.74AS

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作者
GHOSH, S
KUMAR, V
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[1] Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
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10.1016/0038-1098(92)90009-X
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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Transient growth of photoconductivity at temperatures below 30K in Si-doped molecular beam epitaxial Al0.26Ga0.74 As has been studied. We have observed a two step phtoionization which can be analyzed and simulated by ionization kinetics represented by a set of coupled differential equations with negative-U initial conditions. Quantitative analysis of ionization kinetics at different temperatures and light intensities gives us the desired proof of negatively charged ground state of DX center and existence of a thermodynamically metastable neutral (DX(o)) state.
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