Semiconductor point defect concentration profiles measured using coherent acoustic phonon waves

A. Steigerwald; Y. Xu; J. Qi; J. Gregory; X. Liu; J. K. Furdyna; K. Varga; A. B. Hmelo; G. Lüpke; L. C. Feldman; N. Tolk

doi:10.1063/1.3099341

Semiconductor point defect concentration profiles measured using coherent acoustic phonon waves

A. Steigerwald, Y. Xu, J. Qi, J. Gregory, X. Liu, J. K. Furdyna, K. Varga, A. B. Hmelo, G. Lüpke, L. C. Feldman, N. Tolk

Rutgers University

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Abstract

Coherent acoustic phonon interferometry is used to quantitatively measure depth-dependent point defect concentrations in semiconductor systems with a depth range of the order of tens of microns. Using time-resolved pump-probe techniques, the optical response of ion-beam irradiated GaAs crystals is analyzed as a function of defect concentration ranging over four orders of magnitude. Varying the ion dose quantitatively relates changes in the optical response to local defect concentrations. Thermal annealing is shown to reduce the effect on the optical response, indicating recovery of the crystal lattice through self-interstitial-vacancy recombination.

Original language	English
Article number	111910
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	94
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3099341
Publication status	Published - 2009

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