{ "id": "cond-mat/0601418", "version": "v1", "published": "2006-01-18T17:32:43.000Z", "updated": "2006-01-18T17:32:43.000Z", "title": "$f^{-γ}$ Current Fluctuations in Organic Semiconductors: Evidence for Percolation", "authors": [ "A. Carbone", "B. K. Kotowska", "D. Kotowski" ], "comment": "11 pages, 2 figures, to appear on European Physical Journal B", "journal": "The European Physical Journal B 50 1-2 (2006) 77-81", "doi": "10.1140/epjb/e2006-00146-5", "categories": [ "cond-mat.dis-nn", "cond-mat.mtrl-sci", "cond-mat.stat-mech" ], "abstract": "The $f^{-\\gamma}$ sloped current noise power spectra, observed in organic semiconductors, have been interpreted within a {\\em variable range hopping} mechanism of the fluctuations. The relative current noise power spectral density ${\\cal S}(f)=S_I(f)/I^2$ exhibits a maximum at the {\\em trap-filling transition} between the {\\em ohmic} and the {\\em space-charge-limited-current} regime [Phys. Rev. Lett., {\\bf 95}, 236601, 2005]. Here, we discuss the electronic conditions determining the crossover from ohmic to space-charge-limited transport. These arguments shed further light on the need to adopt a {\\em percolative} fluctuation picture to account for the competition between insulating and conductive phases coexisting at the {\\em transition}, where small changes in the external bias lead to dramatic effects in the fluctuations.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2006-01-18T17:32:43.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "72.70.+m", "72.80.Le" ], "keywords": [ "organic semiconductors", "current fluctuations", "current noise power spectral density", "sloped current noise power spectra", "relative current noise power spectral" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "journal": "European Physical Journal B", "year": 2006, "month": "Mar", "volume": 50, "number": "1-2", "pages": 77 }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 11, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2006EPJB...50...77C" } } }