PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT OF 10.6-MU-M RADIATION ON HOT CARRIERS IN SILICON P+-N JUNCTIONS

被引:6
作者
ENCINASSANZ, F [1 ]
PEREZ, JMG [1 ]
FERRARI, ED [1 ]
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[1] CSIC,INST ELECTR COMUNICAC,E-28006 MADRID,SPAIN
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.47.4517
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The highly nonlinear photovoltaic effect induced in silicon junctions by 10.6-mum laser pulses is theoretically studied through a hot-carrier-plasma model. Acoustic-phonon scattering is assumed to be the dominant energy relaxation mechanism during the hot-carrier thermalization. A simple relationship between the laser excitation intensity peak and the current response peak has been derived and is shown to fit the experimental results well.
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页码:4517 / 4521
页数:5
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