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A quantitative mobility spectrum analysis (QMSA) of experimental Hall and resistivity data as a function of magnetic field is presented. This technique enables the conductivity contribution of bulk majority carriers to be separated from that of other species such as thermally generated minority carriers, electrons, and holes populating n and p doped regions, respectively, and two-dimensional species at surfaces and interface layers. Starting with a suitable first trial function such as the Beck and Anderson mobility spectrum analysis (MSA), a variation on the iterative procedure of Dziuba and Gorska is used to obtain a mobility spectrum which enables the various carrier species present in the sample to be identified. The QMSA algorithm combines the fully automated execution and visually meaningful output format of MSA with the quantitative accuracy of the conventional least-squares multi-carrier fitting procedure. Examples of applications to HgCdTe infrared detector materials and InAs/GaSb quantum wells are discussed. The ultimate goal of this paper is to provide an automated, universal algorithm which may be used routinely in the analysis and interpretation of magneto-transport data for diverse semiconductor materials and bandgap engineered structures.
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Antoszewski, J., Seymour, D.J., Faraone, L. et al. Magneto-transport characterization using quantitative mobility-spectrum analysis. J. Electron. Mater. 24, 1255–1262 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02653082
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