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Noise, Transport and Structural Properties of High Energy Radiation Detectors Based on CdTe
Šik, Ondřej ; Lazar, Josef (oponent) ; Navrátil, Vladislav (oponent) ; Grmela, Lubomír (vedoucí práce)
Because of demands from space research, healthcare and nuclear safety industry, gamma and X-ray imaging and detection is rapidly growing topic of research. CdTe and its alloy CdZnTe are materials that are suitable to detect high energy photons in range from 10 keV to 500 keV. Their 1.46 -1.6 eV band gap gives the possibility of high resistivity (10^10-10^11 cm) crystals production that is high enough for room temperature X-ray detection and imaging. CdTe/CdZnTe detectors under various states of their defectiveness. Investigation of detector grade crystals, crystals with lower resistivity and enhanced polarization, detectors with asymmetry of electrical characteristics and thermally degenerated crystals were subject of my work in terms of analysis of their current stability, additional noise, electric field distribution and structural properties. The results of the noise analysis showed that enhanced concentration of defects resulted into change from monotonous spectrum of 1/f noise to spectrum that showed significant effects of generation-recombination mechanisms. Next important feature of deteriorated quality of investigated samples was higher increase of the noise power spectral density than 2 with increasing applied voltage. Structural and chemical analyses showed diffusion of metal material and trace elements deeper to the crystal bulk. Part of this work is also focused on surface modification by argon ion beam and its effect on chemical and morphological properties of the surface.
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Non-Destructive Local Diagnostics of Optoelectronic Devices
Sobola, Dinara ; Pína,, Ladislav (oponent) ; Pinčík,, Emil (oponent) ; Tománek, Pavel (vedoucí práce)
To obtain novel materials for emerging optoelectronic devices, deeper insight into their structure is required. To achieve this, the development and application of new diagnostic methods is necessary. To contribute to these goals, this dissertation thesis is concerned with local diagnostics, including non-destructive mechanical, electrical and optical techniques for examining the surface of optoelectronic devices and materials. These techniques allows us to understand and improve the overall efficiency and reliability of optoelectronic device structures, which are generally degraded by defects, absorption, internal reflection and other losses. The main effort of the dissertation work is focused on the study of degradation phenomena, which are most often caused by both global and local heating, resulting in increased diffusion of ions and vacancies in the materials of interest. From a variety of optoelectronic devices, we have chosen two representative devices: a) solar cells - a large p-n junction device, and b) thin films - substrates for micro optoelectronic devices. In both cases we provide their detailed surface characterization. For the solar cells, scanning probe microscopy was chosen as the principal tool for non-destructive characterization of surface properties. This method is described, and both positive and negative aspects of the methods used are explained on the basis of literature review and our own experiments. An opinion on the use of probe microscopy applications to study solar cells is given. For the thin films, two interesting, from the stability point of view, materials were chosen as candidates for heterostructure preparation: sapphire and silicon carbide. The obtained data and image analysis showed a correlation between surface parameters and growth conditions for the heterostructures studied for optoelectronic applications. The thesis substantiates using these prospective materials to improve optoelectronic device performance, stability and reliability.
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Noise, Transport and Structural Properties of High Energy Radiation Detectors Based on CdTe
Šik, Ondřej ; Lazar, Josef (oponent) ; Navrátil, Vladislav (oponent) ; Grmela, Lubomír (vedoucí práce)
Because of demands from space research, healthcare and nuclear safety industry, gamma and X-ray imaging and detection is rapidly growing topic of research. CdTe and its alloy CdZnTe are materials that are suitable to detect high energy photons in range from 10 keV to 500 keV. Their 1.46 -1.6 eV band gap gives the possibility of high resistivity (10^10-10^11 cm) crystals production that is high enough for room temperature X-ray detection and imaging. CdTe/CdZnTe detectors under various states of their defectiveness. Investigation of detector grade crystals, crystals with lower resistivity and enhanced polarization, detectors with asymmetry of electrical characteristics and thermally degenerated crystals were subject of my work in terms of analysis of their current stability, additional noise, electric field distribution and structural properties. The results of the noise analysis showed that enhanced concentration of defects resulted into change from monotonous spectrum of 1/f noise to spectrum that showed significant effects of generation-recombination mechanisms. Next important feature of deteriorated quality of investigated samples was higher increase of the noise power spectral density than 2 with increasing applied voltage. Structural and chemical analyses showed diffusion of metal material and trace elements deeper to the crystal bulk. Part of this work is also focused on surface modification by argon ion beam and its effect on chemical and morphological properties of the surface.
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Non-Destructive Local Diagnostics of Optoelectronic Devices
Sobola, Dinara ; Pína,, Ladislav (oponent) ; Pinčík,, Emil (oponent) ; Tománek, Pavel (vedoucí práce)
To obtain novel materials for emerging optoelectronic devices, deeper insight into their structure is required. To achieve this, the development and application of new diagnostic methods is necessary. To contribute to these goals, this dissertation thesis is concerned with local diagnostics, including non-destructive mechanical, electrical and optical techniques for examining the surface of optoelectronic devices and materials. These techniques allows us to understand and improve the overall efficiency and reliability of optoelectronic device structures, which are generally degraded by defects, absorption, internal reflection and other losses. The main effort of the dissertation work is focused on the study of degradation phenomena, which are most often caused by both global and local heating, resulting in increased diffusion of ions and vacancies in the materials of interest. From a variety of optoelectronic devices, we have chosen two representative devices: a) solar cells - a large p-n junction device, and b) thin films - substrates for micro optoelectronic devices. In both cases we provide their detailed surface characterization. For the solar cells, scanning probe microscopy was chosen as the principal tool for non-destructive characterization of surface properties. This method is described, and both positive and negative aspects of the methods used are explained on the basis of literature review and our own experiments. An opinion on the use of probe microscopy applications to study solar cells is given. For the thin films, two interesting, from the stability point of view, materials were chosen as candidates for heterostructure preparation: sapphire and silicon carbide. The obtained data and image analysis showed a correlation between surface parameters and growth conditions for the heterostructures studied for optoelectronic applications. The thesis substantiates using these prospective materials to improve optoelectronic device performance, stability and reliability.
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