caa a22 4500 475822412 CHVBK 20180406123822.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1026630818471 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1026630818471 Mechanism for Conversion of the Type of Conductivity in p-Hg1- x Cd x Te Crystals upon Bombardment by Low-Energy Ions [Elektronische Daten] [V. Bogoboyashchii, I. Inzhin] The main peculiarities of the p-n conversion of the type of conductivity in narrow-band p-Hg1-x Cd x Te solid solutions containing vacancies of mercury upon bombardment by low-energy ions are explained based on the traditional notions about the chemical diffusion of mercury. These peculiarities are related, on the one hand, to the features of the defect formation in Hg0.8Cd0.2Te (containing a small amount of high-mobility interstitial mercury atoms with a great amount of low-mobility vacancies) and, on the other hand, to the high concentrations of intrinsic electrons and holes efficiently screening the electric field of the defect layer. The high conversion rate realized upon ion bombardment, as compared to the conversion rate taking place upon annealing in mercury vapors, is due to the fact that nonequilibrium interstitial mercury atoms are produced in abundance near the surface of the crystal subject to bombardment. This effect depends substantially on the electric field appearing near the outer boundary of the converted layer; therefore, as the Hg content, and, hence, the width of the forbidden band, is increased, one should expect a noticeable decrease in p-n conversion rate. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 Bogoboyashchii V. Russia aut Inzhin I. Russia aut Russian Physics Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 43/8(2000-08-01), 627-636 1064-8887 43:8<627 2000 43 11182 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026630818471 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026630818471 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bogoboyashchii V. Russia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Inzhin I. Russia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Russian Physics Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 43/8(2000-08-01), 627-636 1064-8887 43:8<627 2000 43 11182 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer