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Spatially-Resolved Non-Contact Methods for the Investigation of Transport and Defects in Semiconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Nabil M. Amer*
Affiliation:
Applied Physics and Laser Spectroscopy Group, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Abstract

Photothermal spectroscopy employs the small rise in temperature associated with the absorption of electromagnetic radiation to probe optical and transport properties of materials. A review of the various photothermal detection schemes is given, and examples which illustrate the power of this technique are reviewed.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1986

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