Accession Number:

AD0600830

Title:

LAYER-LIKE FIELD INHOMOGENEITIES IN PHOTOCONDUCTORS IN THE PRE-BREAKDOWN RANGE,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DELAWARE UNIV NEWARK

Personal Author(s):

• Boer,K. W.

Report Date:

1964-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Characteristic layer-like field inhomogeniities in homogeneous photoconductors which move from cathode to anode must occur when the carrier density n decreases with increasing field F as n approx. F-alpha if alpha 1 - beta, with carrier mobility micron approx. F-beta. The decrease in n can be caused by field quenching. The critical voltage for initiation of these inhomogeneities decreases with optical excitation and increases with optical quenching in agreement with theory and experiment. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PHOTOELECTRIC MATERIALS
• ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES)
• (*CRYSTALS
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES)
• EXCITATION
• VOLTAGE
• FUNCTIONS(MATHEMATICS)
• FIELD THEORY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE