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Transient Infrared Stimulated Photoconductivity in a-SI:H at Low Temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. Heck
Affiliation:
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
P. Stradins
Affiliation:
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
H. Fritzsche
Affiliation:
James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Abstract

Dual beam photoconductivity with bandgap primary light and hv = 0.4- 0.6eV infrared light steps was measured with Ims time resolution in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) at 4.2K. The results can be described by assuming that the photocurrent transients are due to energy-loss hopping of photocarriers and that the infrared light promotes recombination by reexciting photocarriers thereby enhancing the probability of tunneling recombination.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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