Subgap optical absorption and recombination center efficiency in bulk GaAs irradiated by light or heavy ions
- 3 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 76 (1) , 40-42
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.125649
Abstract
This letter reports the results of a comparative study on heavy- and light-ion-irradiated semiconductors for fast saturable absorbers. The linear absorption of bulk GaAs irradiated either by Au+ ions or protons was measured over a wide range of wavelengths below the gap. Good correspondence was found between the absorption measurements and the calculated elementary defect concentrations. Defect clustering is evidenced in the heavy-ion case. Pump–probe experiments were used to measure the time-resolved absorption variations for weakly irradiated GaAs samples under intense illumination. Much shorter carrier recombination times are estimated for the heavy-ion case.Keywords
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