Quantifying the drift velocity of carrier ensembles in time-dependent electric fields

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9869-9873
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume91
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - 30 May 2002
Externally publishedYes

Abstract

If a spatially nonuniform carrier distribution is optically excited in an electrically biased semiconductor, complicated carrier motion can be expected due to temporal and spatial variations of the screened electric field. We present an experimental method that allows one to quantify the drift velocity of carrier ensembles versus time in time-dependent electric fields. The method is based on the analysis of spatially resolved photoluminescence images at different times, recorded with a streak camera. With this technique, we have studied the details of carrier sweep out in photoconductive switches.

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Quantifying the drift velocity of carrier ensembles in time-dependent electric fields. / Bieler, M.; Hübner, Jens; Oestreich, Michael et al.
In: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 91, No. 12, 30.05.2002, p. 9869-9873.

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Bieler M, Hübner J, Oestreich M, Koch M, Hein G, Pierz K et al. Quantifying the drift velocity of carrier ensembles in time-dependent electric fields. Journal of Applied Physics. 2002 May 30;91(12):9869-9873. doi: 10.1063/1.1478141
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