Photoconductivity in thin films of lead telluride
- 20 March 1973
- journal article
- letter
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 6 (5), L45-L48
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/6/5/106
Abstract
The photoconductivity of 01 μm films of lead telluride has been investigated using 100 ns light pulses. Films protected from oxygen exposure were insensitive to light; exposed films showed considerable photoconductivity, with a decay time of 3 × 10−6 s at 77 K. The results were quantitatively consistent with a lowering of intergranular potential barriers which exist in oxygen-exposed films.Keywords
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