Models for the decay of radiation-induced conduction

Author

Wintle, H.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada

Volume

26

Issue

1

fYear

1991

fDate

2/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

34

Abstract

The diffusion-limited recombination and tunneling-controlled recombination theories that account for the decay of insulator conductivity following irradiation are described. The diffusion-controlled recombination with a Coulomb or other long-ranged interaction shows a time-dependent reaction rate, but does not agree with experimental results. The tunneling model with first-order kinetics does agree with experimental results. A comparison of the two models and the experimental data obtained for the radiation-induced conductivity of a polyethylene sheet are presented

Keywords

EBIC; electron beam effects; polymer films; decay of insulator conductivity; decay of radiation-induced conduction; diffusion-controlled recombination; diffusion-limited recombination; experimental results; first-order kinetics; long-ranged interaction; models; polyethylene sheet; radiation-induced conductivity; time-dependent reaction rate; tunneling model; tunneling-controlled recombination; Cathodes; Delay effects; Electrets; Electron traps; Kinetic theory; Physics; Steady-state; Thermal conductivity; Tunneling; Wave functions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electrical Insulation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9367

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/14.68223

Filename

68223