• DocumentCode
    926620
  • Title

    Measurement of Minority Carrier Lifetime in Germanium

  • Author

    Valdes, L.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1952
  • Firstpage
    1420
  • Lastpage
    1423
  • Abstract
    A method for measuring the lifetime of minority carriers in germanium is described. Basically, it consists of liberating the carriers optically on a flat face of a crystal and measuring the concentration of minority carriers as a function of distance from the point of liberation. The mathematical model is analyzed and experimental results are presented here.
  • Keywords
    Charge carrier lifetime; Electrodes; Equations; Germanium; Laboratories; Length measurement; Mathematical model; Semiconductor materials; Surface treatment; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1952.273973
  • Filename
    4050845