Abstract
Changes in the dark conductivity of erbium-doped amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H(Er)) films after their preliminary illumination at room temperature have been studied. The effect of a compensating boron impurity on the photoinduced change in the conductivity of a-Si:H(Er) films is analyzed. It is established that the magnitude and the sign of the change in conductivity depend on the duration of illumination and position of the Fermi level in the mobility gap. Possible mechanisms leading to a photoinduced change in the conductivity of a-Si:H(Er) films are discussed.
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