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Observation of a Metastable Defect Transition in GaAs
Physical Review B
  • David C. Look, Wright State University - Main Campus
  • Z-Q. Fang
  • J. R. Sizelove
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-1994
Abstract

We show that the well-known 0.15-eV donor in bulk GaAs quenches under IR-light illumination and that the quenched (metastable) state has an electronic transition energy about 0.14 eV deeper than the ground state and can be observed by temperature-dependent-resistivity and Hall-effect measurements. The quenched state thermally recovers by an Auger-like process at a rate of r=2.3×10-12 nvn exp(-0.18/kT). Many of the properties exhibited by this donor are similar to those predicted theoretically for the complex defect AsGa-VAs.

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The original publication is available at http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v49/i23/p16757_1

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.49.16757
Citation Information
David C. Look, Z-Q. Fang and J. R. Sizelove. "Observation of a Metastable Defect Transition in GaAs" Physical Review B Vol. 49 Iss. 23 (1994) p. 16757 - 16760 ISSN: 0163-1829
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_look/96/