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Effect of annealing on the nonequilibrium carrier lifetime in GaAs grown at low temperatures. / Pastor, A.A.; Prokhorova, U.V.; Serdobintsev, P.Y.; Chaldyshev, V.V.; Yagovkina, M.A.
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T1 - Effect of annealing on the nonequilibrium carrier lifetime in GaAs grown at low temperatures
AU - Pastor, A.A.
AU - Prokhorova, U.V.
AU - Serdobintsev, P.Y.
AU - Chaldyshev, V.V.
AU - Yagovkina, M.A.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - GaAs samples grown by molecular-beam epitaxy at low (230°C) temperatures are investigated. One of the samples is subjected to aftergrowth annealing at 600°C. Using an unconventional pump-probe scheme for measuring the dynamic variation in the light refractive index, the nonequilibrium charge-carrier lifetime (275 ± 30 fs before annealing) is determined. Such a short carrier lifetime in the unannealed material is due to the high concentration of point defects, mainly AsGa antisite defects. According to X-ray diffraction and steady-state optical absorption data, the AsGa concentration in the samples is 3 × 1019 cm-3, which corresponds to an arsenic excess of 0.26 at %. Upon annealing at 600°C, the superstoichiometric As defects self-organize and form As nanoinclusions in the GaAs crystal matrix. It is shown that in this case the nonequilibrium charge-carrier lifetime increases to 452 ± 5 fs. This lifetime is apparently ensured by the capture of non-equilibrium charge carriers at metal As nanoinclusions. © 2013
AB - GaAs samples grown by molecular-beam epitaxy at low (230°C) temperatures are investigated. One of the samples is subjected to aftergrowth annealing at 600°C. Using an unconventional pump-probe scheme for measuring the dynamic variation in the light refractive index, the nonequilibrium charge-carrier lifetime (275 ± 30 fs before annealing) is determined. Such a short carrier lifetime in the unannealed material is due to the high concentration of point defects, mainly AsGa antisite defects. According to X-ray diffraction and steady-state optical absorption data, the AsGa concentration in the samples is 3 × 1019 cm-3, which corresponds to an arsenic excess of 0.26 at %. Upon annealing at 600°C, the superstoichiometric As defects self-organize and form As nanoinclusions in the GaAs crystal matrix. It is shown that in this case the nonequilibrium charge-carrier lifetime increases to 452 ± 5 fs. This lifetime is apparently ensured by the capture of non-equilibrium charge carriers at metal As nanoinclusions. © 2013
U2 - 10.1134/S1063782613080150
DO - 10.1134/S1063782613080150
M3 - Article
SP - 1137
EP - 1140
JO - Semiconductors
JF - Semiconductors
SN - 1063-7826
IS - 8
ER -
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