A method of excitation profiling in high-field electroluminescence

Abstract
A method of quasidirect profiling of impact excitation of electroluminescence in a metal semiconductor junction utilizing the Auger quenching of a localized center luminescence by either free or weakly bound electrons is described. Experimental results obtained on CdF2:Mn,Y Schottky diodes unambiguously prove a spatial separation of the acceleration and collision excitation processes in high‐field electroluminescence.