Effect of proton irradiation induced localized defect clusters on recovery time and leakage current in silicon photoconductive semiconductor switches

Pulse recovery time in semiconducting devices depends strongly on minority carrier lifetime, bandgap-type-dependent recombination, impurity concentration, and subband placement. In indirect bandgap solids, such as silicon, it is dominated by Shockley–Reed–Hall (SRH) recombination via trap-based reco...

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Main Authors: John Keerthi Paul Bhamidipati, Gyanendra Bhattarai, Anthony Nicholaus Caruso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2023-10-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0156536