Abstract
Photocurrent-voltage characteristic (PC-V) is a method of determining the critical parameter in X-ray and gamma-ray detector plates, i.e., the carrier mobility-lifetime product, μτ. We show for the (Cd,Mn)Te samples that the measurement results depend strongly on the surface treatment and the space charge distribution. The PC-V characteristics obtained for ħω > Eg and ħω ~ Eg indicated that etching with 20% HCl caused an appearance of a significant concentration of very shallow surface traps at the (Cd,Mn)Te sample surface. These traps seriously changed the results of measurements of PC-V characteristics and PC kinetics. We also noticed a small contribution of holes to photoconductivity in the PC kinetics. The measurements of PC-V characteristics for ħω > Eg may test the detector plate surface quality.
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