AMBIPOLAR DIFFUSION-COEFFICIENT IN MOLECULAR-BEAM-EPITAXY-GROWN SILICON LAYERS

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GRIVICKAS, V [1 ]
NETIKSIS, V [1 ]
NOREIKA, D [1 ]
PETRAUSKAS, M [1 ]
WILLANDER, M [1 ]
HASAN, MA [1 ]
NI, WX [1 ]
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[1] LINKOPING UNIV,DEPT PEDIAT ONCOL,S-58183 LINKOPING,SWEDEN
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10.1063/1.346788
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The noncontact transient grating technique under constant electron-hole pumping to the density 4×1019cm-3was used to characterize the ambipolar diffusion coefficient Da in Si:Al, Si:In, and Si:Sb molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown layers. Da was found to be almost constant at a value of ≊8 cm2/s up to an equilibrium carrier density of 2×1019 cm-3in the layer and was independent of the doping type. At higher doping density, evidence for a sharp increase in Da was observed. For example, Da increased to a value of 20 cm2/s at a doping density of about 1020 cm-3. The Da behavior is in reasonable agreement with results of the high-density ambipolar diffusion theory of Young and van Driel and is incompatible with majority-carriers diffusion coefficients according to the formula Da = 2DnDp/(Dn + D p). An explanation for this behavior is given.
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