Photoconductivity in Magnetic Field of р-Type Cadmium – Mercury – Tellurium Films Grown by Liquid Phase Epitaxy

Abstract

Photoconductivity in a magnetic field is studied for Faraday geometry on the p-type cadmium – mercury –tellurium films grown by liquid-phase epitaxy on cadmium – zinc – tellurium substrates. From the magnetic-field dependence of the photoconductivity signal under the film illumination from the side of the substrate or from the side of free surface, different values of mobility of minority carriers (electrons) are obtained. It is shown that for the mathematical description of the photoconductivity signal in a magnetic field, two types of electrons – “fast” and “slow” electrons, as well as “heavy” holes can be used.