Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-05-25
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2944139
We discuss a new mode of ionization front passage in semiconductor structures. The front of avalanche ionization propagates into an intrinsic semiconductor with a constant electric field $E_{\rm m}$ in presence of a small concentration of free nonequilibrium carriers - so called preionization. We show that if the profile of these initial carriers decays in the direction of the front propagation with a characteristic exponent $\lambda$, the front velocity is determined by $v_f \approx 2 \beta_{\rm m}/\lambda$, where $\beta_{\rm m} \equiv \beta(E_{\rm m})$ is the corresponding ionization frequency. By a proper choice of the preionization profile one can achieve front velocities $v_f$ that exceed the saturated drift velocity $v_s$ by several orders of magnitude even in moderate electric fields. Our propagation mechanism differs from the one for well-known TRAPATT fronts. Finally, we discuss physical reasons for the appearance of preionization profiles with slow spatial decay.
Grekhov Igor
Minarsky Andey
Rodin Pavel
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