Pulsed-Radiation-Induced Current in Crystalline and Fused Quartz

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Abstract
Pulsed‐radiation‐induced current in crystalline and fused quartz was studied by using 5‐μsec pulses of electrons with an energy of 13 MeV and a current density of about 100 mA/cm2 peak and a few μA/cm2 average. The pulse shape of the induced current varied remarkably with time within a few minutes of irradiation and also with the temperature of the sample. The variation in shape showed a dependence on crystal orientation of the sample. The effect of the field of the internal space charge was found to be neglibible in the observed phenomena. A qualitative explanation is applied to part of the results in terms of an interaction between excited carriers and traps.