EVIDENCE OF PRE-THERMALIZATION TRAPPING OF POSITRONS IN NEUTRON-IRRADIATED SILICON-DOPED GALLIUM-ARSENIDE

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CREAMER, SC
RICEEVANS, PC
GLEDHILL, GA
COLLINS, JD
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[1] Physics Department, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, Egham, Surrey
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PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE B-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STATISTICAL MECHANICS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES | 1991年 / 63卷 / 04期
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10.1080/13642819108205547
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T [工业技术];
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Positron lifetime spectroscopy has been used to make an isochronal annealing study of neutron-irradiated silicon-doped GaAs. Lifetime spectra have been collected for the temperature range 290-825 K and analysed using conventional trapping models. Large deviations of the estimated positron free lifetime from its value in the annealed state are shown to occur; they have been interpreted as an indication of a strong trapping of positrons by defects prior to the positrons achieving thermal energies.
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