Transient photoresponse in amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O thin films under stretched exponential analysis

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Luo, Jiajun ^a   Adler, Alexander U ^a   Mason, Thomas O ^a   Bruce Buchholz, D ^a   Chang, R P H ^a   Grayson, M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION-ENERGY SPECTRUM; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; HALL MEASUREMENTS; INVERSE LAPLACE TRANSFORM; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRETCHED EXPONENTIAL; TRANSIENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GALLIUM; HALL MOBILITY; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; THIN FILMS; ZINC;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 84884334990     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4795845     Document Type: Article

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