Subpicosecond carrier lifetimes in radiation-damaged GaAs

M. Lambsdorff, J. Kühl, J. Rosenzweig, A. Axmann, J. Schneider

Applied Physics Letters · 1991 · 103 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

We investigate the dependence of carrier lifetimes in radiation-damaged, GaAs on proton implantation dose by means of time-resolved reflectivity and photoconductivity experiments with subpicosecond resolution. The carrier lifetimes decrease with increasing implantation dose at low implantation levels whereas beyond the ‘‘amorphization dose’’ a saturation at 0.5 ps can be observed due to a saturation of the defect density.

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