Role of Dislocations in Semi-Insulation Mechanism in Undoped LEC GaAs Crystal

Abstract

For the undoped semi-insulating LEC GaAs crystal, microscopic inhomogeneity was investigated on the fixed position by using cathodoluminescence (CL), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), X-ray topography (XRT) and scanning leakage current measurement ( I L ). Microscale fluctuations observed in these measurements were attributed to the cellular dislocation structures. It was suggested that the impurity gettering effect of dislocation plays an important role in the semi-insulation mechanism in GaAs crystal. Carriers are inactive in the boundary region of cell structures but are active in the inner region of cell structures.