Abstract
Negative photoconductance or optical quenching has been observed in thin InSb films, fabricated by vacuum evaporation on glass substrates. An electronic flash was used as the light source. The time constant of the photocurrent measured on several samples ranges from 30 sec to 3 min. Whereas bulktraps localised in the narrow band gap of InSb (0.18 eV) can hardly be responsible for the high time constants, it is believed that slow surface traps or traps inside an In 2O 3 layer, covering the InSb film, are responsible for the optical quenching.
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