Study of deep level defect behavior in undoped n-InP (100) after rapid thermal annealing

The effects of rapid thermal annealing on deep level defects in the undoped n-type InP with Ru as Schottky contact metal have been characterized using deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS). It is observed that the as-deposited sample exhibit two deep levels with activation energies of 0.66 and 0.89 eV. For the samples annealed at 300 degrees C and 400 degrees C, a deep level is identified with activation energies 0.89 and 0.70 eV, respectively below the conduction band. When the sample is annealed at 500 degrees C, three deep levels are observed with activation energies 0.25, 0.32 and 0.66 eV. Annealing of the sample at 300 degrees C, orders the lattice of as-grown material by suppressing the defect 0.66 eV (A1) which is found in the as-deposited sample. The trap concentration of the 0.89 eV deep levels is found to be increased with annealing temperature. The deep level 0.32 eV may be due to the lattice defect by thermal damage during rapid thermal annealing process such as vacancies, interstitials and its complexes, indicating the damage of the sample after annealing at 500 degrees C. The defects observed in all the samples are possibly due to the creation of phosphorous vacancy or phosphorous antisite. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.