The composition of Alx Ga1−xAs has been measured with improved accuracy by electron probe microanalysis using an aluminum-copper alloy standard rather than an elemental aluminum standard. Details of the experimental procedure are given. A calibration curve, relating the photoluminescence peak energy (Ep) to aluminum concentration (x), has been obtained. A least-squares fit to the data gives Ep(eV)=1.42+1.45x−0.25x2 for 0<x≤0.45.
A method to detect defects affecting laser diode radiation has been devised by imaging the induced luminescence resulting from a scanning electron beam. Electron Beam Induced Luminescence (EBIL) involves imaging the current from a sensor diode as the SEM electron beam scans across the laser diode surface. Defects preventing laser diode radiation will be shown as contrast variations in the EBIL image. This technique is similar to electron beam induced current (EBIC), reference 1, in which the electron beam provides the capability for measuring subsurface electrical and physical parameters that effect device electrical performance. However in the case of EBIL, laser diode radiation is utilized as the imaging parameter providing direct correlation between the semiconductor active layer and the resultant diode luminescence output. Alternative techniques such as Cathode Luminescence (CL), reference 2 and 5, in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) have been used for examination of semiconductor laser diodes for defects preventing radiation. However CL SEM analysis requires costly accessories, including at least an ellipsoidal mirror and a cooled photomultiplier tube sensitive to the particular laser diode output frequency. In addition the laser diode must be at the focal point of an ellipsoidal mirror, making CL SEM examination of a packaged laser diode difficult or impossible. This paper will describe the EBIL technique using several test diodes to demonstrate the ability of EBIL to image diode luminescence and defects affecting luminescent output. Deprocessing of the laser diode top electrode and EBIL operating parameters will be discussed.
The photoinduced discharge characteristics for positively charged amorphous selenium films were studied under constant light intensities chosen to give discharge times comparable to release times of holes from deep traps (approximately 7 sec). Hole mobilities, lifetimes, and field-dependent quantum efficiencies were measured by means of a pulsed-light technique. A modified light-discharge technique was used to measure trap release times. The discharge rate as a function of surface potential is expalined semiquantitatively in terms of a uniform space-charge model which includes the effects of decreased electron-hole generation rate because of trapped space charge, reduced carrier range because of capture of holes by traps, and the release and transport of holes captured at earlier times in the discharge period.
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