transport and electric
properties of monocrystalline and polycrystalline materials, including
thin films
effect of surface modification
on charge carrier kinetics
shallow traps in various
types of semiconductors
the effect of dopants
on the energy and density subband gap states
The main instrumental method is the Advanced Method of Transient Microwave Photoconductivity (AMTMP). This method permits simultaneous measurement of changes in a cavity resonance frequency and a quality factor after sample illumination. These changes are proportional to changes in a real and in imaginary parts of dielectric constant according to a cavity perturbation theory. Usually (but not always) conduction electrons cause a change in a material conductivity related to a change of cavity quality factor (photoconductivity). Trapped electrons cause a change in the real part of dielectric constant related to a shift of a resonance frequency (photodielectric effect).As a result, this unique registers both free and trapped electron kinetics.
Microwave Response due to Light Induced Changes in the Complex Dielectric Constant of Semiconductors
Multiple trapping rate
equation simulation for various distributions of localized states
in the band gap
Experimental results