DEEP-LEVEL-FREE ALXGA1-XAS (X=0.22) LAYER GROWN BY METALORGANIC CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION

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HUANG, ZC
YANG, B
CHEN, HK
CHEN, JC
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[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore
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10.1063/1.113695
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We have achieved deep-level-free Al0.22Ga0.78As epitaxial layers using low selenium (Se) doping (8.4×1016 cm-3) grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Deep levels in various Al0.22Ga0.78As layers grown on GaAs substrates were measured by deep-level transient spectroscopy. We have found that the commonly observed oxygen contamination-related deep levels at EC-0.53 and 0.70 eV and germanium-related level at EC-0.30 eV in MOCVD-grown Al0.22Ga0.78As can be eliminated by Se doping. In addition, a deep hole level located at EV+0.65 eV was found in highly Se-doped Al0.22Ga0.78As epilayers. We suggest that low Se doping (<2×1017 cm-3) produces a passivation effect and then deactivates other deep levels in Al0.22Ga0.78As.© 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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