Applied Physics A

, Volume 53, Issue 3, pp 194–197 | Cite as

A model for the occurrence of transient negative photoconductivity in silicon doped with gold

  • H. Kimura
  • T. Kurosu
  • Y. Akiba
  • M. Iida
Solids And Materials

Abstract

A transient negative photoconductivity phenomenon observed in silicon doped with gold atoms has been investigated. On the basis of the trapping of photo-excited carriers into two deep levels of gold atoms, a model for the occurrence of transient negative photoconductivity is proposed and related qualitatively to some experimental results.

PACS

72.40 72.20 85.30 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • H. Kimura
    • 1
  • T. Kurosu
    • 1
  • Y. Akiba
    • 1
  • M. Iida
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Electronics, School of EngineeringTokai UniversityHiratsuka, KanagawaJapan

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