EVIDENCE FOR NEGATIVELY CHARGED DX-CENTER IN SI-DOPED ALGAAS FROM PERSISTENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS

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作者
DIAS, IFL
DEOLIVEIRA, AG
BEZERRA, JC
MIRANDA, RC
GUIMARAES, PSS
SAMPAIO, JF
CHAVES, AS
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[1] Department of Physics, UFMG, 30161 Belo Horizonte, MG
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10.1016/0038-1098(91)90743-F
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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Persistent photoconductivity experiments were carried out in Si-doped Al(x)Ga(1-x)As at 77 K. The density of persistent free electrons was changed by a factor of 4 to 8. The electron mobilities mu were observed to increase for increasing electron densities n and from the behavior of mu(n) the variation of the ionized scattering impurity densities N(i) with n was evaluated. The densities N(i) show little change as compared to n. It is concluded that negatively charged centers are the only or at the least the dominant deep centers related to silicon impurities in AlGaAs.
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