The Use of Different Pulsed Electron Irradiation for the Formation of Radiation Defects in Silicon Crystals

  • H. N. Yeritsyan
  • A. A. Sahakyan
  • N. E. Grigoryan
  • V. V. Harutyunyan
  • B. A. Grigoryan
  • G. A. Amatuni
  • V. H. Petrosyan
  • A. A. Khachatryan
  • C. J. Rhodes
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Abstract

This paper reports the formation of structural defects in the lattice of silicon (n-Si) single crystals, as a result of irradiation by different intensities and pulses of electrons. The samples were studied by means of Hall effect measurements of electro-physical parameters (specifically the concentration of the main charge carriers) as a function of temperature and radiation dose. The role of the radiation current density (pulse height) is discussed, which gives rise to a peculiar behavior in the electrical-physical properties of n-Si. In particular, thermal processes are found not to develop, due to the ultrafast (pulse duration in the range 10−12–10−13s) nature of the incident radiation, which causes an almost “pure” energy interaction to occur between the radiation and the atoms within the crystal, and the formation of cluster defects. A scheme for the time-scale of the formation of these radiation defects is presented. From the dose and temperature dependences of the concentration of main charge carriers, the radiation defects introduction rates were determined.

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Silicon crystal irradiation electro-physical properties radiation defects pulse irradiation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • H. N. Yeritsyan
    • 1
  • A. A. Sahakyan
    • 1
  • N. E. Grigoryan
    • 1
  • V. V. Harutyunyan
    • 1
  • B. A. Grigoryan
    • 2
  • G. A. Amatuni
    • 2
  • V. H. Petrosyan
    • 2
  • A. A. Khachatryan
    • 3
  • C. J. Rhodes
    • 4
  1. 1.Department of Applied PhysicsYerevan Physics InstituteYerevanArmenia
  2. 2.CANDLE Synchrotron Research InstituteYerevanArmenia
  3. 3.National Institute of Measurements CJSCYerevanArmenia
  4. 4.Fresh-lands Environmental ActionsCavershamUK

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