Author:
Wu Hai-Zhong,Guo Quan,Tu Yan-Yun,Lyu Zhi-Hui,Wang Xiao-Wei,Li Yong-Qiang,Zhou Zhao-Yan,Zhang Dong-Wen,Zhao Zeng-Xiu,Yuan Jian-Min
Abstract
Above-band-gap optical excitation of electron-hole pairs screens the doping-induced surface electric field and generates terahertz (THz) pulses via free-carrier transport. THz emission from a heavily doped silicon surface is much weaker than that of lightly doped samples. A polarity reversal of the THz electric field is observed in heavily doped p-type silicon, indicating that the doping related and carrier induced surface electric fields oppose each other. By comparing the penetration depth of the excitation laser with the thickness of the depletion layer for the doped silicon, it is shown that competition between diffusion and drift current causes the polarity reversal.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
Cited by
3 articles.
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