Published December 28, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Plasmon-phonon-assisted electron-hole recombination in silicon at high laser fluence

  • 1. Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Description

We present both theoretical and experimental results in silicon which clearly demonstrate that at time scales of 20 to 40 ps, after the pump laser pulse and at fluences greater than 100 mJ/cm2, the carrier density of the electron-hole plasma drops for increasing fluence; this is not explained by Auger recombination. We show that this drop is specific to plasmon-phonon-assisted recombination, which naturally explains this behavior

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
26
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2208-2210
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19035461
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CARRIER DENSITY; ELECTRON-HOLE DROPLETS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; PHONONS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; PLASMONS; RECOMBINATION; SILICON; THEORETICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
DATA; ELEMENTS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; QUASI PARTICLES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEMIMETALS