Growth and Photoconductive Characteristics of $CdS_{1-x}Se_x$ Thin Films by the Hot Wall Epitaxy

The $CdS_{1-x}Se_x$ thin films were grown on the GaAs(100) wafers by a Hot Wall Epitaxy method(HWE). The temperatures the source and the substrate temperature are $580^{\circ}C\;and\;440^{\circ}C$ respectively. The crystalline structure of thin films was investigated by double crystal X-tay diffraction(DCXD). Hall effect on the sample was measured by the van der Pauw method and studied on the carrier density and mobility dependence on temperature. In order to explore the applicability as a photoconductive cell, we measured the sensitivity($\gamma$), the ratio of photocurrent to darkcurrent(pc/dc), maximum allowable power dissipation(MAPD), spectral response and response time.