DC photoconductivity study of semi-insulating Cs(1-X)Zn(X)Te crystals

Journal of Electronic Materials, Jun 2001 by Cui, Y, Wright, G W, Ma, X, Chattopadhyay, K, Et al

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the DOE through contract number DE-FG08-- 98NV 13407 and by NASA through the Fisk Center for Photonic Materials and Devices, Grants NCCB-133, NCCB-145, and NCCS-286. We also acknowledge support from the DOE under contract number DE-AC04-- 94AL85000. Sandia is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company. Specifically, the Office of Nuclear Nonproliferation supported the Sandia portion of this work.

(Received November 21, 2000; accepted March 1, 2001)

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Y. CUI,1 G.W. WRIGHT,1 X. MA,1 K. CHATTOPADHYAY,1 R.B. JAMES,2 and A. BURGER1,3

1.-Fisk University, Center for Photonic Materials and Devices, Nashville, TN 37208. 2.-Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94550. 3.-e-mail: aburger@fisk.edu