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Electron irradiation-induced defects and photoelectric properties of Te-doped GaSb
- Source :
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 132:26-30
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2019.
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Abstract
- Electron irradiation causes atomic displacement damage and produces point defects in semiconductor materials. The formation and variation of defects determine the optical properties of semiconductors during the irradiation process. In this paper, Te-doped GaSb was irradiated by 1 MeV electrons, with fluence of 1 × 1015 electrons cm−2, and its optical properties investigated by temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) before and after irradiation. After irradiation, the peak position had a blue-shift and intensity was significantly enhanced. The carrier concentration increased from 4.14 × 1017 to 7.82 × 1017 cm−3 but mobility decreased from 2690 to 1780 cm2 V−1 s−1. These phenomena could be explained by the complex mechanism of defect decomposition, that is, the VGaGaSbTeSb defect decomposed into two independent VGaGaSb and TeSb defects. To verify this mechanism, undoped GaSb was irradiated under the same conditions and PL results indicated that electron irradiation had little effect on optical properties of undoped GaSb.
- Subjects :
- Photoluminescence
Materials science
business.industry
Doping
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
Photoelectric effect
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
Crystallographic defect
Fluence
0104 chemical sciences
Semiconductor
Electron beam processing
Optoelectronics
General Materials Science
Irradiation
0210 nano-technology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223697
- Volume :
- 132
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........52eae4ef1d034f35accc10744e3d97d1