Direct imaging of anisotropic minority-carrier diffusion in ordered GaInP
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Authors
Haegel, N.M.
Mills, T.J.
Talmadge, M.
Scandrett, C.L.
Frenzen, C.L.
Yoon, H.
Fetzer, C.M.
King, R.R.
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Advisors
Date of Issue
2009
Date
2009
Publisher
IEEE.
Language
en_US
Abstract
An all-optical technique has been used to provide the first direct measurement of anisotropic
minority-carrier diffusion in an ordered alloy of GaInP. Direct imaging of the minority-carrier
diffusion distribution resulting from generation at a quasipoint source is obtained using an optical
microscope coupled to a scanning electron microscope. Minority-carrier diffusion lengths ranging
from 3 to 60 !m are measured by this technique in double heterostructures of GaInP, GaAs, and
GaInAs, providing a key parameter of interest to the performance of state-of-the-art triple junction
solar cells. Here we show a direct measurement of anisotropy in minority-carrier mobility in ordered
GaInP, which is evident in the oval-shaped distribution of the recombination luminescence. A factor
of 1.6 increase in minority electron mobility along the #110$ major axis is reported.
Type
Article
Description
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3068196
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Department
Applied Mathematics
Physics
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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NPS Report Number
Sponsors
National Science Foundation
NSF
NSF
Funder
Grant DMR-0203397
Grant DMR-0526330
Grant DMR-0526330
Format
6 p.
Citation
Haegel, N.M., Mills, T.J., Talmadge, M., Scandrett, C.L., Frenzen, C.L., Yoon, H., Fetzer, C.M. & King, R.R. 2009, "Direct imaging of anisotropic minority-carrier diffusion in ordered GaInP", Journal of Applied Physics, , pp. 023711 (5 pp.).
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.