Published March 9, 1987 | Version v1
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Influence of fast neutrons on electrical properties in neutron transmutation doped GaAs: New annealing stage

  • 1. College of Engineering and Research Center of Ion Beam Technology, Hosei University, Koganei, Tokyo 184, Japan

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In neutron transmutation doping (NTD) to the undoped semi-insulating GaAs, a new annealing stage related to the tunneling assisted hopping conduction was found around 400 0C for fast neutron fluences of ≥7.0 x 1017 n/cm2. It is suggested that this stage is based on the enhancement in the hopping conduction by the activated dopant in the NTD process. The stage was not observed for the irradiation with a small amount of fast neutrons. The activation energy for the annihilation of As antisite defects (As/sub Ga/) was found to be 0.9 eV. The annealing temperature to achieve the desired carried concentration increased with the fast neutron fluence

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Journal Title
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
10
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
580-582
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLA