Self-consistent determination of the generation rate from photoconductance measurements
- 18 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 85 (16) , 3611-3613
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1807961
Abstract
The determination of effective excess carrier lifetimes from photoconductance measurements generally requires knowledge of the absolute generation rate within a sample. Measurements of the generation rate typically involve measurement of the sample absorptionspectrum and of the incident light intensity. This letter presents an experimental and analytical method by which both the effective lifetime and the generation rate can be self-consistently determined. The method involves only relative measurements of the generation rate, greatly simplifying the experimental requirements. Good agreement is found experimentally between the results achieved using this method and results from transient photoconductance measurements.Keywords
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