Interpretation of Switching Properties of InGaSe_2 Single Crystal

• Authors: R. Al Orainy
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The goal of this paper is to present experimental results of the switching effect and analyze qualitatively the influence of various factors, such as temperature, light illumination and sample thickness on switching behavior of the high quality ternary chalcogenide semiconductor InGaSe_2. Current-controlled negative resistance of InGaSe_2 single crystals has been observed for the first time. It has been found that indium gallium diselenide single crystals exhibit bistable or memory switching. The switching process takes place with both polarities on the crystal and has symmetric shapes. Current-voltage characteristics of Ag-InGaSe_2-Ag structures exhibit two distinct regions, high resistance OFF state and low-resistance ON state having negative differential resistance. InGaSe_2 is a ternary semiconductor exhibiting S-type I-V characteristics. The specimen under test showed threshold switching with critical field of the switching being 10^3 V/cm at room temperature.

Keywords

EN

78.20.-e; 78.66.-w; 73.61.Ga; 74.25.Gz

Discipline

• 78.66.-w: Optical properties of specific thin films(for optical properties of low-dimensional, mesoscopic, and nanoscale materials, see 78.67.-n; for optical properties of surfaces, see 78.68.+m)
• 74.25.Gz: Optical properties
• 78.20.-e: Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films(for optical properties related to materials treatment, see 81.40.Tv; for optical materials, see 42.70-a; for optical properties of superconductors, see 74.25.Gz; for optical properties of rocks and minerals, see 91.60.Mk; for optical properties of specific thin films, see 78.66.-w)
• 73.61.Ga: II-VI semiconductors

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 121
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 666-672

Dates

published

2012-03

received

2011-05-12

(unknown)

2011-07-31

Contributors

author

R. Al Orainy

• Physics Department, Sciences of Faculty for Girls, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.121.666