Steady State and Transient Photoconductivity of Thin Film Polydiacetylene Single Crystals

Abstract

ABSTRACTCharge carrier generation and transport mechanisms in polydiacetylene thin film single crystals., poly-PTS (2,4-hexadiyne-1,6-diol bis(p-toluenesulfonate)) and poly- BTFP (bis-(4-n-butyl-2,3,5,6-tetra-fluorophenyl) butadiyne), are studied by using steady state and transient photoconductivity techniques. The electric field dependence of the steady state photocurrent is superlinear for both samples. Dependence of photocurrent on incident light polarization has been investigated. The polarization dependence of photocurrent has completely different behavior for the polydiacetylene PTS and BTFP. Single-gap transmission line experiment has been designed to directly measure the drift velocity of PTS single crystals. A drift velocity of the order of 106cm/s was measured.