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1 July 1990 Interface properties of various passivations of HgCdTe
Samuel E. Schacham, Elieser Finkman
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Optical Engineering, Vol. 29, Issue 7, (July 1990). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.55651
Various surface passivations of p-type Hg1_xCdx Te were studied to understand their interface properties and their potential for device technology. Anodic oxide forms an inverted layer near the interface. This n-type skin layer exhibits extremely good n-type properties, which equal and even surpass bulk properties. The high electron mobility may be explained by quantization of the electron levels in the space-charge region and the formation of a two-dimensional electron gas near the interface. Thick (~500 Å) anodic sulfide generates a similar inversion layer. The charge density is proportional to the sulfide thickness. Carefully prepared thin (~100 Å) anodic sulfide films as well as ZnS coating on freshly etched surfaces form nearly flatband conditions that are suitable for n+ on p diode technology. The surface recombination velocity, determined for these two passivations using the photoelectromagnetic effect, is shown to be similar at low temperatures, increasing with decreasing temperatures. The dominant trapping mechanism at the surface is similar to that in the bulk and is probably mostly due to vacancies.
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Samuel E. Schacham and Elieser Finkman "Interface properties of various passivations of HgCdTe," Optical Engineering 29(7), (1 July 1990). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.55651
Published: 1 July 1990
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