Liquid phase epitaxy of Zn-doped GaAs
Abstract
Gallium arsenide (GaAs) p-type films were successfully grown via the liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) technique. The control of the dopant concentration was achieved by varying the growth temperature. Hall measurements show that carrier concentrations of the grown films varied from 3.0 x 1017 to 1.0 x 1020 cm-3 with mobilities ranging from 116 to 53 cm2/Vs.
Photoluminescence (PL) measurements taken at room temperature exhibited a shift in the PL intensity peak of the grown p-GaAs layer, from 1.424 eV to 1.412 eV, indicative of bandgap shrinkage. A peak observed at 1.489 eV at 10K PL measurement was assigned to electron-to-acceptor transitions. At 110K, both band-to-band and electron-to-acceptor transitions were visible, with a separation of 22 meV, corresponding to the ionization energy of Zn.