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Photoquenching and thermal recovery of a thermally stimulated current peak in semi-insulating GaAs

Journal of Applied Physics, ISSN: 0021-8979, Vol: 73, Issue: 10, Page: 4971-4974
1993
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A prominent thermally stimulated current peak T appearing in semi-insulating GaAs is shown to photoquench under infrared illumination, and then thermally recover at a rate r=2.0×10 exp(-0.26 eV/kT) s, exactly the same as that observed for EL2, within experimental error. Two possible explanations exist: (1) T and EL2 are microscopically very similar, probably each with an As core; or (2) T is an electron trap that only appears to quench and recover with EL2 because EL2 controls the electron lifetime. Several other traps show similar quenching and recovery behavior.

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