H. Pettersson et al., PERSISTENT DECREASE OF DARK CONDUCTIVITY DUE TO ILLUMINATION IN ALGAAS GAAS MODULATION-DOPED HETEROSTRUCTURES/, Journal of applied physics, 74(9), 1993, pp. 5596-5601
We report on a persistent decrease of the dark conductivity in AlGaAs/
GaAs heterostructures due to illumination. The decrease was observed f
or photon energies between 0.7 and 1.15 eV and larger than 1.4 eV in t
he temperature range 170 < T < 300 K. Using proper bias conditions the
dark conductivity after illumination can be 20% smaller than the dark
conductivity in thermal equilibrium. The studies have been performed
on samples with different doping species and compositions. A possible
model for the observed behavior is discussed.