Effect of ionizing radiation on the dielectric characteristics of TlInS2 and TlGaS2 single crystals

Abstract

The temperature dependences of the electrical conductivity and the permittivity of TlInSe2 and TlGaTe2 crystals unirradiated and irradiated with 4-MeV electrons at a doze of 1016 cm−2 have been investigated. It has been established that electron irradiation leads to a decrease in the electrical conductivity σ and the permittivity ɛ over the entire temperature range under study (90–320 K). It has been revealed that the TlInSe2 and TlGaTe2 single crystals undergo a sequence of phase transitions characteristic of crystals of this type, which manifest themselves as anomalies in the temperature dependences σ = f(T) and ɛ = f(T). Electron irradiation at a doze of 1016 cm−2 does not affect the phase transition temperatures of the crystals under investigation.