Published 1992 | Version v1
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Surface acoustic wave detection of large lattice relaxation of metastable EL2 in LT-GaAs

  • 1. California Univ., Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering
  • 2. California Univ., Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Description

This paper reports that for the first time, surface acoustic waves (SAWs) were used to study the lattice relaxation of metastable defects. A persistent increase of as much as 0.4% of the SAW velocity at low temperatures was observed after illumination of LT-GaAs; this increase could be quenched by annealing at 120-130 degrees K. This behavior is caused by the metastable transition of EL2-like AsGa defects and constitutes the direct experimental proof of the illumination induced large lattice relaxation of this defect

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Materials Research Society.
Imprint Place
Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
ISBN
1-55899-135-2
Imprint Title
Proceedings of low temperature (LT) GaAs and related materials
Imprint Pagination
297 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 131-136.

Conference

Title
Annual fall meeting of the Materials Research Society.
Dates
2-6 Dec 1991.
Place
Boston, MA (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-911202--.