Interdiffusion and carrier recombination in high intensity transient gratings

R. Schwarz, S. Grebner, C. E. Nebel, M. Lanz, M. Stutzmann

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Abstract

Transient grating (TG) experiments were performed to study carrier diffusion and recombination in amorphous silicon films (a-Si:H) at high light intensities using 8 ns pulses from a frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser. The ambipolar diffusion coefficients reached about 10-2cm2/s, which is 2 orders of magnitude larger than the steady-state value. Similar results were obtained in intrinsic, p-, and n-doped a-Si:H films, indicating that the diffusion coefficients in all cases reflect the near band edge mobility of the slower carriers, that is holes. In particular, the p-type sample shows an initially fast, then a slow grating efficiency decay, consistent with dispersive transport.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)723-728
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume420
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
EventProceedings of the 1996 MRS Spring Symposium - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: 8 Apr 199612 Apr 1996

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