Theoretical approach to electrodiffusion of shallow donors in semiconductors: I. Stationary limit

Abstract

Analysis is made for the possibility of redistribution of mobile point defects in a semiconductor after its exposure to the electric field till the stationary conditions in the crystal are reached. Two different ways of applying the voltage are considered: (i) directly to the sample, (ii) to a capacitor, with the sample located between the plates. This model is applicable also to the electric field of any nature, whether external or internal, e.g. that arisning at the metal-semiconductor interface.