oPACS 61.80, 72, 72.20 JV;

Drogobych I.Franko State Pedagogic University,24, I.Franko St., 293720 Drogobych, Ukraine

Abstract. We have studied experimentally the effect of thermal neutron irradiation on the electrophysical and photoelectric parameters of Hg1-xCdxTe crystals. The irradiation was shown to produce both donor- and acceptor-type radiation defects. In this case the majority charge carrier mobility decreases significantly. An analysis is given of a model for radiation defect production. The photoconduction processes are explained from the standpoint of clusterization of such radiation defects.

Keywords: Hg1-xCdxTe, thermal neutrons, radiation defects, clusters.