Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2011
The effects of 3-MeV electron irradiation on a-Si:H have been studied using Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity (TRMC). A Van der Graaff electron accelerator is used to generate the probe-beam pulses for the TRMC experiment as well as for the in-situ irradiation of the samples for the degradation of the material. Using several probe-beam pulse doses, TRMC transients were obtained on samples that have been subjected to various radiation fluences. These transients were later analyzed using a simple model based on the Shockley-Read-Hall capture and emission processes. Using these simulations we deduce a relationship between the radiation fluence and the defect density in the material.