OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF THE ALXGA1-XAS/GAAS SINGLE HETEROJUNCTIONS GROWN BY LOW-PRESSURE MOVPE

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GUIMARAES, FEG [1 ]
GYURO, I [1 ]
SCHEFFER, F [1 ]
HEUKEN, M [1 ]
HEIME, K [1 ]
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[1] RHEIN WESTFAL TH AACHEN,INST HALBLEITERTECH,W-5100 AACHEN,GERMANY
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10.1016/0022-0248(91)90499-U
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
Low temperature photoluminescence (PL) and device transport properties of undoped Al(x)Ga1-(x)As/GaAs single heterojunctions grown by MOVPE are investigated. The dependence of these properties on the Al content (0.22 less-than-or-equal-to x less-than-or-equal-to 0.52) and growth temperature has been studied. An unusual emission band is observed in the GaAs band-edge spectral region (1.500-1.511 eV) for samples having higher Al concentration. Based on temperature dependent measurements, we assign this emission band to excitons bound either to defects having their origin in residual impurities in the GaAs active layer or to intrinsic defects originated by the introduction of the Al(x)Ga1-(x)As/GaAs heterojunction.
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