The fine structure of electron irradiation induced EL2-like defects in n-GaAs
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· Journal of Applied Physics
- Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Pretoria 0002 (South Africa)
Defects induced by electron irradiation in n-GaAs have been studied using deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and Laplace DLTS (L-DLTS). The E{sub 0.83} (EL2) is the only defect observed prior to irradiation. Ru/n-GaAs Schottky diodes were irradiated with high energy electrons from a Sr-90 radionuclide up to a fluence of 2.45 × 10{sup 13} cm{sup −2}. The prominent electron irradiation induced defects, E{sub 0.04}, E{sub 0.14}, E{sub 0.38}, and E{sub 0.63}, were observed together with the metastable E{sub 0.17}. Using L-DLTS, we observed the fine structure of a broad base EL2-like defect peak. This was found to be made up of the E{sub 0.75}, E{sub 0.83}, and E{sub 0.85} defects. Our study reveals that high energy electron irradiation increases the concentration of the E{sub 0.83} defect and introduces a family of defects with electronic properties similar to those of the EL2.
- OSTI ID:
- 22594607
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 119; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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