Cr profiles in semi-insulating GaAs after annealing with and without SiO2 encapsulants in a H2-As4 atmosphere

V. Eu, M. Feng, W. B. Henderson, H. B. Kim, J. M. Whelan

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Abstract

The redistribution of Cr in semi-insulating GaAs upon annealing at 860°C can be greatly reduced by eliminating the use of a SiO2 encapsulant. The annealing schedule utilized a controlled atmosphere technique which insured the thermodynamic stability of the GaAs surfaces and had no tendency to getter Cr. The sample annealed with a SiO2 encapsulant showed a secondary-ion-mass-spectroscopy-measured minimum Cr concentration which was lower by a factor of 20-25 than the original, whereas the comparison of an annealed sample without the SiO2 cap had a minimum Cr concentration which was smaller by a factor of 2. The conversion near the surfaces of semi-insulating Cr-doped GaAs to moderately high-conductivity n type upon annealing can be minimized by using the above technique without an encapsulant.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)473-475
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume37
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1980
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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