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