Effect of In doping in GaSb crystals studied by cathodoluminescence

The luminescence properties of In doped GaSb single crystals have been studied by the cathodoluminescence (CL) technique in the scanning electron microscope. It has been found that indium induces a certain reduction on the native acceptor concentration in contrast to what occurs with other isoelectr...

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Authors: Hidalgo Alcalde, Pedro, Méndez Martín, María Bianchi, Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier, Dutta, P: S., Dieguez, E.
Format: article
Publication Date:1999
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/58940
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58940
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:538.9
Gallium Antimonide
Física de materiales
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Summary:The luminescence properties of In doped GaSb single crystals have been studied by the cathodoluminescence (CL) technique in the scanning electron microscope. It has been found that indium induces a certain reduction on the native acceptor concentration in contrast to what occurs with other isoelectronic dopants (e.g. aluminium). Large In concentrations lead to the formation of the ternary compound In_xGa_(1-x)Sb as revealed by CL spectra and x-ray measurements. In particular, a luminescence band and x-ray diffraction peaks observed in highly doped samples are attributed to the presence of In_xGa_(1-x)Sb.