INFRARED QUENCHING AND THERMAL RECOVERY OF THERMALLY STIMULATED CURRENT SPECTRA IN GAAS

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FANG, ZQ
LOOK, DC
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[1] Physics Department, Wright State University, Dayton
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10.1063/1.105574
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Thermally stimulated current (TSC) spectra stimulated by infrared (hv less-than-or-equal-to 1.12 eV) light at 90 K have been used to study the photoquenching and thermal recovery of several dominant TSC peaks in Ga-rich, semi-insulating GaAs. The filling-pulse-length dependence of the quenching for these traps, and the temperature dependence of their recovery are clearly identified with the ground-to-metastable state transition of EL2. The data are consistent with the traps having a direct association with EL2 or EL2* rather than an indirect association which could result from a change in the dominant-free carriers as EL2 transforms to EL2*. If so, they likely are various point defects or impurities complexed with the arsenic antisite.
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