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Electric currents generated by space-charge waves in high-resistivity semiconductors

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Currents in high-resistivity semiconductors arising due to the rectification of space-charge waves are theoretically studied. Attention is primarily focused on the situation where the effective trap concentration is low. It is shown that, in this case, the dispersion law of trap-recharging waves changes from the inverse proportionality to a linear law and the drift waves no longer exist. In crystals with bipolar conduction, there are two modes of trap-recharging waves with a linear dispersion law. The dc and ac currents are found for the first time as functions of the trap concentration, the mobility and lifetime of carriers, the wavenumber of space-charge waves, and the applied electric field.

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Bryksin, M.P. Petrov, 2006, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2006, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 1167–1176.

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Bryksin, V.V., Petrov, M.P. Electric currents generated by space-charge waves in high-resistivity semiconductors. Phys. Solid State 48, 1234–1243 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783406070043

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