Laser annealing of capped and uncapped GaAs

S.S. Kular, B.J. Sealy, M.H. Badawi, K.G. Stephens, D. K. Sadana, G. R. Booker

Electronics Letters · 1979 · 39 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Ion-implanted GaAs samples have been annealed using a Q-switched ruby laser. Both Si3N4 capped and uncapped samples decomposed and gallium precipitates were formed at the surface. The gallium could be removed by dissolution in HCl to leave high-quality GaAs.

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