Abstract
The electrothermal instabilities in high-resistance single crystals of PbTe(Ga) irradiated by infrared light are described phenomenologically. Instabilities show up in the form of periodic oscillations in the current in the sample circuit and in its temperature in sufficiently high electric fields. For observation of these phenomena it is important that the energy spectrum of the semiconductor contain metastable electronic states lying about 20 meV below the bottom of the conduction band.
Full Text 
Sign-in/Register to access full text options
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Published version (
Free)
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
