A study of the 0.1-eV conversion acceptor in GaAs

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Abstract
Two semi-insulating liquid-encapsulated Czochralski GaAs cyrstals, one Cr-doped and the other undoped, were annealed at 750 °C for 15 min in flowing H2. Each sample converted to conducting p type in the near-surface region, due to the formation of acceptors at Ev+0.1 eV. We have studied this phenomenon by electrical, optical, and analytical profiling techniques, and have determined conclusively that the acceptors in our samples are not related to Mn accumulation, a commonly accepted explanation. It is argued that the 0.1-eV center may arise from several possible sources, each exhibiting a VGa -like state at this energy.