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Optically Controlled Space Charge Fields under the Electrode Region in Cadmium Telluride

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Mehrdad Ziari  and
William H. Steier
Mehrdad Ziari
Affiliation:
University of Southern California, Center for Photonic Technology Department of Electrical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA 90089–0483
William H. Steier
Affiliation:
University of Southern California, Center for Photonic Technology Department of Electrical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA 90089–0483
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We report an optically controlled and space-charge related formation and erasure of large electric fields in the electrode region of CdTe:In. The measurement of the field distribution under different illumination conditions can be explained by a simple model. This nonlinearity has been used in optically controlled switching devices and spatial light modulators.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 261: Symposium D – Photo-Induced Space Charge Effects in Semiconductors: Electro-Optics, Photoconductivity and the Photorefractive Effect , 1992 , 107
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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