Electron-limiting defect complex in hyperdoped GaAs: The DDX center

Jie Ma*, Su Huai Wei

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Abstract

The physical properties and chemical trends of defects in GaAs under the hyperdoping situation are investigated and found to be very different from those in the impurity limit. We show that at high dopant concentrations, a defect complex denoted as the DDX center becomes the dominant "killer" to limit the electron carrier concentration, whereas in the impurity limit, the electron carrier concentration is usually limited by the well-known DX center. The DDX center shows some opposite chemical trends compared to the DX center. For example, to avoid the DX center, anion site donors are preferred, but to avoid the DDX center, cation site donors are better. Our proposed mechanism is able to explain some puzzling experimental observations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number115210
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume87
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Mar 2013
Externally publishedYes

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