Moving space-charge field effects in photoconductive semiconductors with interband optical excitation of free charge carriers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-26

  Wang, Chen Chia ^a,c   Davidson, Frederic ^a   Trivedi, Sudhir ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b BRIMROSE CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE CARRIERS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

DEEP LEVEL RECOMBINATION CENTERS; FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; INTERBAND OPTICAL EXCITATION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCURRENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0030783452     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.000021     Document Type: Article

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