Effect of Electric Field on Photoconductivity of р-GaSe Single Crystals
A. Sh. Abdinov, R. F. Babaeva
Российский физический журнал
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-021-02326-1
Under various external and intracrystalline conditions (various temperatures, electric field strengths, initial values of the dark resistivity of the sample, the content and chemical nature of the introduced rare-earth impurity), the effect of a galvanically applied electric field on the intrinsic photoconductivity in single crystals of gallium selenide (p-GaSe) is studied. It is found that the photoconductivity in the samples of undoped p-GaSe single crystals with the initial dark resistivity ρD0 ≤ 4·104 Ω·cm at T = 77 K, as well as in the samples doped with rare earth elements (dysprosium and erbium) with a content of NREE ≥10–2 at.% does not depend on the electric field strength. In the samples of undoped single crystals with ρD0 > 105 Ω·cm and in the doped ones with NREE < 10–2 at.%, the photoconductivity depends on the electric field strength at Т ≤ 250 K and low illumination. The observed effect of the electric field on the photoconductivity in the studied samples of p-GaSe single crystals is explained by the electric rectification of electron potential fluctuation of empty energy bands caused by the presence of random macroscopic defects in the crystals.
- Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan RepublicA. Sh. Abdinov
- Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC), Baku, Azerbaijan RepublicR. F. Babaeva
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