The growth of GaAs by chemical beam epitaxy (CBE) using trisdimethylaminoarsenic (DMAAs) and trimethylgallium (TMG) sources was investigated. DMAAs was introduced into the chamber directly from its vapour pressure, without precracking. During GaAs growth, the chamber pressure was in the 10(-7) Torr range, at least one order of magnitude lower than with arsine. The DMAAs + TMG source combination resulted in p-type layers in the range 10(18) - 10(19) cm-3. From cathodoluminescence measurements these GaAs layers proved to be as good as those grown with arsine. This study shows that TMG can be suitable p-type dopant for GaAs when combined with DMAAs.