DEFECTS IN MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXIAL GAAS GROWN AT LOW-TEMPERATURES

被引:8
作者
HOZHABRI, N [1 ]
SHARMA, SC [1 ]
PATHAK, RN [1 ]
ALAVI, K [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT ELECT ENGN,NSF CTR ADV ELECTRON DEVICES & SYST,ARLINGTON,TX 76019
关键词
DEFECTS; LT-GAAS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY (MBE);
D O I
10.1007/BF02670654
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have utilized a variable energy positron beam and infrared transmission spectroscopy to study defects in GaAs epilayers grown at low temperatures (LT-GaAs) by molecular beam epitaxy. We have measured the Doppler broadening of the positron-electron annihilation gamma ray spectra as a function of positron implantation energy. From these measurements, we have obtained results for the depth profiles of Ga monovacancies in unannealed LT-GaAs and Ga monovacancies and arsenic cluster related defects in annealed LT-Ga-As. We have also studied the effects of the Si impurities in annealed LT-GaAs. The infrared transmission measurements on unannealed LT-GaAs furnish a broad defect band, related to As antisites, centered at 0.370 eV below the conduction band.
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页码:519 / 523
页数:5
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