Hydrogen passivation of C acceptors in high-purity GaAs

Abstract
The effects of hydrogenation in high‐purity p‐type GaAs grown by molecular beam epitaxy and metalorganic chemical vapor deposition have been investigated by low‐temperature photoluminescence and Hall‐effect measurements. Before hydrogenation, photoluminescence measurements showed the dominant acceptor in the original samples was C, while after hydrogenation, the concentration of electrically active C acceptors was significantly reduced and the samples were highly resistive. These electrical and spectroscopic results show that C acceptors in GaAs can be passivated by hydrogenation.