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Defect States in GaAs after Rapid Thermal Annealing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

R. A. Street ,
N. M. Johnson  and
R. D. Burnham
R. A. Street
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
N. M. Johnson
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
R. D. Burnham
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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Abstract

Electronic deep levels in GaAs have been investigated by correlated luminescence and DLTS measurements on material in which the defects were systematically perturbed by rapid thermal annealing. The samples were grown by MOCVD and encapsulated with silicon nitride. Annealing was performed at temperatures from 800°C to 950°C for 5 seconds. The luminescence spectra were measured from 0.7 to 1.6 eV at temperatures from 4-80 K and have features at 0.97, 1.17, 1.35, 1.40 and 1.5 eV. The band-to-acceptor luminescence shows the formation of Si acceptors, starting at an anneal temperature of about 850°C. The luminescence peak at 1,35 eV, attributed to As vacancy - acceptor complexes, is observed to increase in intensity with higher annealing temperatures. In contrast, the Ga vacancy-donor complex peak at 1,17 eV decreases in intensity. DLTS data show an increase in the density of deep levels and new levels not present in the unannealed material. Capacitance-voltage data find a reduction in carrier concentration, although type conversion is not observed even after annealing to 950°C.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 46: Symposium B – Microscopic Identification of Electronic Defects in Semiconductors , 1985 , 333
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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