Extremely high hole concentration in GaAs by dual Mg/As implants

Abstract
The activation of magnesium implants in GaAs has been found to increase drastically with coimplantation of arsenic and to depend strongly on the As implantation parameters. p-type carrier concentrations as high as 4×1020 cm−3 have been achieved for 5×1015 cm−2, 190-keV Mg+/1×1016 cm−2, 540-keV As2+ implants. The role of the As has been shown to block the Mg diffusion during the silicon-nitride-capped 5-min anneals at 750 °C.