RT Journal Article
T1 Far infrared photoconductivity in a silicon based material: Vanadium supersaturated silicon
A1 Martil De La Plaza, Ignacio
A1 García Hemme, Eric
A1 García Hernansanz, Rodrigo
A1 González Díaz, Germán
A1 Olea Ariza, Javier
A1 Prado Millán, Álvaro Del
AB We have analyzed the spectral sub-bandgap photoresponse of silicon (Si) samples implanted with vanadium (V) at different doses and subsequently processed by pulsed-laser melting. Samples with V concentration clearly above the insulator-metal transition limit show an important increase of the photoresponse with respect to a Si reference sample. Their photoresponse extends into the far infrared region and presents a sharp photoconductivity edge that moves towards lower photon energies as the temperature decreases. The increase of the value of the photoresponse is contrary to the classic understanding of recombination centers action and supports the predictions of the insulator-metal transition theory.
PB Amer Inst Physics
SN 0003-6951
YR 2013
FD 2013-07-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33562
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33562
LA eng
NO © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC. Authors would like to acknowledge the CAI de Técnicas Físicas of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid for the ion implantations and metallic evaporations, the Nanotechnology and Surface Analysis Services of the Universidad de Vigo C.A.C.T.I. for ToF-SIMS measurements and the Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón for the TEM images. This work was partially supported by the Project NUMANCIA II (Grant No. S-2009/ENE/1477) funded by the Comunidad de Madrid. Research by E. García-Hemme was also supported by a PICATA predoctoral fellowship of the Moncloa Campus of International Excellence (UCM-UPM). J. Olea and D. Pastor thank Professor A. Martí and Professor A. Luque for useful discussions and guidance and acknowledge financial support from the MICINN within the program Juan de la Cierva (JCI-2011-10402 and JCI-2011-11471), under which this research was undertaken.
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO MICINN
DS Docta Complutense
RD 19 mar 2026