Dielectric Breakdown in Cadmium Sulfide
- 1 February 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 125 (3), 850-854
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.125.850
Abstract
The dielectric breakdown field strength for CdS has been measured by a technique employing blocking contacts on conducting crystals. Values obtained with different crystals are in the range 0.9× to 2.5× volts/cm. Experiments in which carriers are injected by intermittent illumination show that impact ionization does not occur during breakdown. A variety of evidence is presented indicating that breakdown is due to internal field emission.
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