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Title: Optical charge transfer for the dope in GaAs

Journal Article · · Sov. Phys. J. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5955926

It is concluded that the chromium dope is amphoteric in behavior on the basis of the spectra, kinetics, and lux-ampere characteristics of the absorption and photoconductivity induced by 1.15-um IR laser radiation in high-resistance specimens of GaAs. It is assumed that the additional IR illumination produces optical charge transfer in the chromium in accordance with Cr/sup 3 +/3d/sup 3/ + h..nu.. ..-->.. Cr/sup 2 +/3d/sup 4/ + Cr/sup 4 +/3d/sup 2/. The photoneutralization of the Cr/sup 4 +/3d/sup 2/ centers is responsible for additional optical-absorption and photoconductivity bands appearing in the long-wave region. The kinetic equations for these centers are solved, which describes the experimental results satisfactorily. It is suggested that chromium may compensate not only shallow donors in GaAs but also shallow acceptors.

Research Organization:
Shevchenko University
OSTI ID:
5955926
Journal Information:
Sov. Phys. J. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 26:11; Other Information: Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 85-89, November, 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English