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Dynamic Infrared Electro-optic Response of Soluble Organic Semiconductors in Thin Film Transistors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2013

Emily G. Bittle ,
Joseph W. Brill  and
Joseph P. Straley
Emily G. Bittle
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055USA
Joseph W. Brill
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055USA
Joseph P. Straley
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0055USA
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Abstract

We use a frequency-dependent electro-optic technique to measure the hole mobility in small molecule organic semiconductors, such as 6,13 bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-pentacene. Measurements are made on semiconductor films in bottom gate, bottom contact field-effect transistors (FETs.) Because of the buried metal layer effect the maximum response, due to absorption in the charge layer, will be for a dielectric film ∼ 1/4 of a wavelength (in the dielectric) (e.g. ∼ 1 micron thick in the infrared.) Results are presented for FETs prepared with both spin-cast polymer and alumina dielectrics prepared by atomic layer deposition. At low frequencies the results are fit to solutions to a non-linear differential equation describing the spatial dependence of flowing charge in the FET channel, which allows us to study multiple crystals forming across one set of drain-source contacts. FETs prepared on alumina dielectrics show interesting deviations from the model at high frequencies, possibly due to increased contact impedance.

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organicelectrical propertiesoptoelectronic
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1501: Symposium P – Single-Crystalline Organic and Polymer Semiconductors—Fundamentals and Devices , 2013 , mrsf12-1501-p06-09
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013

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