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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages S447-S452Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-007-9248-y
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The ultrafast transient ac conductivity of nanocrystalline silicon films is investigated using time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy. While epitaxial silicon on sapphire exhibits a free carrier Drude response, silicon nanocrystals embedded in glass show a response that is best described by a classical Drude-Smith model, suitable for disorder-driven metal-insulator transitions. In this work, we explore the time evolution of the frequency dependent complex conductivity after optical injection of carriers on a picosecond time scale. Furthermore, we show the lifetime of photoconductivity in the silicon nanocrystal films is dominated by trapping at the Si/SiO2 interface states, occurring on a 1-100 ps time scale depending on particle size and hydrogen passivation.
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