Published February 15, 1994 | Version v1
Journal article

Demonstration of gallium-defect annealing at 280 K in irradiated GaAs and AlxGa1-xAs

  • 1. Physics and Astronomy Subject Group, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1-9QH, England (United Kingdom)

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Using capacitance-voltage and deep-level transient spectroscopy measurements of electron-trap concentrations, we have compared for n-type Al0.22Ga0.78As and n-type GaAs the thermal annealing at 85--500 K of lattice defects produced by irradiation (by 1.0-MeV protons) at 85 K. The isochronal annealing data indicate defect removal of similar magnitudes in each material in annealing stage I (near 235 K) and in annealing stage III (at 450--500 K), but that the magnitude of the defect removal in stage II (near 280 K) in the Al0.22Ga0.78As is only about a half of the corresponding value in the GaAs. These results show that defects involving gallium atoms are removed in annealing stage II in these materials

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 5695-5698.
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO