Semiconducting/semi-insulating reversibility in bulk GaAs
- 27 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 49 (17) , 1083-1085
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97429
Abstract
Bulk, liquid‐encapsulated Czochralski GaAs may be reversibly changed from semiconducting (ρ∼1 Ω cm) to semi‐insulating (ρ∼107 Ω cm) by slow or fast cooling, respectively, following a 5 h, 950 °C soak in an evacuated quartz ampoule. This effect has been studied by temperature‐dependent Hall‐effect, photoluminescence, infrared absorption, mass spectroscopy, and deep level transient spectroscopy measurements. Except for boron, the samples are very pure, with carbon and silicon concentrations less than 3×1014 cm−3. Donor and acceptor concentrations, on the other hand, are in the mid 1015 cm−3 range, which means that the compensation is primarily determined by native defects, not impurities. A tentative model includes a donor at EC−0.13 eV, attributed to VAs−AsGa, and an acceptor at EV+0.07 eV, attributed to VGa−GaAs.Keywords
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