Optical picosecond studies of carrier thermalization in amorphous silicon

Publication Type journal article
School or College College of Science
Department Physics
Creator Vardeny, Zeev Valentine
Other Author Tauc, J.; Fang, C. J.
Title Optical picosecond studies of carrier thermalization in amorphous silicon
Date 1981
Description Thermalization of photogenerated hot carriers in a-Si, a-Si:H and a-Si:H:F was studied using the pump and probe method with subpicosecond resolution. The process is optically observable because the absorption cross-section of the hot carriers depends on their excess energy. It was found that the energy dissipation rate to phonons is the maximum possible in a-Si while in a-Si:H it is slower and can be described by Frohlich interaction with polar phonons.
Type Text
Publisher American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Volume 73
First Page 243
Last Page 247
DOI 10.1063/1.33038
citatation_issn 0094243X
Subject Carrier thermalization; Amorphous silicon; Frohlich interaction
Subject LCSH Picosecond pulses; Hot carriers; Amorphous semiconductors -- Optical properties
Language eng
Conference Title AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 73
Bibliographic Citation Vardeny, Z. V., Tauc, J., & Fang, C. J. (1981). Optical picosecond studies of carrier thermalization in amorphous silicon. AIP Conference Proceedings, 73, 243-7.
Rights Management ©American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Vardeny, Z. V., Tauc, J., & Fang, C. J., AIP Conference Proceedings, 73, 1981 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.33038
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