RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION IN SILICON P-N JUNCTIONS

被引:51
作者
MICHAELIS, W
PILKUHN, MH
机构
[1] Institut Für Elektrophysik, Technische Universität Braunschweig
[2] Physikalisches Institut, Universität Frankfurt/Main
来源
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI | 1969年 / 36卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1002/pssb.19690360132
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The electroluminescence of silicon was investigated in the temperature range between 300 and 77 °K. The near edge emission is due to indirect band‐to‐band transitions associated with TO and TA phonon emission/absorption. The intensity‐voltage relation shows that this emission is connected with the diffusion current. At low voltages, additional long wavelength emission is observed which is connected with recombination in the space charge region. An absolute measurement of the internal quantum efficiency yields a room temperature value of 2 × 10−6 for the band‐to‐band emission. This value is well described by a theoretical radiative lifetime derived from van Roosbroeck‐Shockley statistics and by an experimental non‐radiative lifetime. Copyright © 1969 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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