Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal of Applied Physics
78 (1995), S. 6633-6638
ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
We have studied the dark conductivity (field, temperature, and frequency dependence), and the photoconductivity in undoped polycrystalline diamond films. Detailed analysis reveals that either of two alternative models can be invoked to explain all the observed features of the dark conductivity. The first model is a Hill-type hopping conduction involving the presence of discrete acceptor states located at 0.91 eV above the valence band with a density around 1017 cm−3. The second model involves the presence of a band-tail of acceptor states extending about 1 eV above the valence band. In this case, variable range hopping conduction dominates at low fields with a density of states at the Fermi level around 5×1015 cm−3 eV−1, while space charge limited currents dominate at high fields. The states controlling the dark conductivity give rise to photoconduction with a threshold around 0.85 eV and a peak at 1.1 eV. The shape of the photoconductivity spectrum suggests that lattice relaxation (with a Franck-Condon shift around 0.08 eV) occurs at these states. Peaks in the photoconductivity at 1.4 eV and at 1.9 eV give evidence for the presence of deeper states in these films. © 1995 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.360485
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