Abstract
A large part of the 800 °C liquidus isotherm of the Ga–As–Ge–Sn system has been determined experimentally and it has been demonstrated that the compositions of the liquidus surface can be adequately represented by a ``simple solution'' thermodynamic model. GaAs crystals were grown from liquidus compositions along several cuts of the quaternary isotherm and the variation of the electrical properties as a function of the composition of the liquid from which they were grown was determined. An extensive range of net carrier concentrations with heavy compensation can be readily achieved in this system.

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