METASTABLE EFFECTS IN THE DC CONDUCTIVITY OF HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS-GERMANIUM

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MEAUDRE, M [1 ]
MEAUDRE, R [1 ]
GODET, C [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECH,PHYS INTERFACES & COUCHES MINCES LAB,CNRS,UPR 258,F-91128 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
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10.1088/0953-8984/3/7/013
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report on the effect of thermal equilibration on the dark conductivity of undoped optimized a-Ge: H with an optical gap of 1.03 eV. The freeze-in temperature T(E) is about 160-degrees-C. The isothermal relaxation of the conductivity follows a stretched exponential function. The inverse equilibration time tau-1 is thermally activated with an energy E-tau of 1.4-1.5 eV. It is then shown that, as compared with the values for a-Si: H, T(E), tau and E-tau are only slightly different. The results are fully consistent with the model of dispersive diffusion of hydrogen.
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