Origin of cooperative transition of antisite-Arsenic defects in Be-doped low-temperature-grown GaAs layers
A cooperative transition of antisite As (AsGa) defects in Be-doped low-temperature grown GaAs layers was studied by comparing magnetization of samples with different AsGa+ ions concentrations. With the aid of first principle calculations, the origin of cooperative transitions was shown to be due to...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013
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| Summary: | A cooperative transition of antisite As (AsGa) defects in Be-doped low-temperature grown GaAs layers was studied by comparing magnetization of samples with different AsGa+ ions concentrations. With the aid of first principle calculations, the origin of cooperative transitions was shown to be due to a lattice strain which results in elastic interactions among AsGa defects. A change in magnetizations is induced by large lattice distortions during transition of AsGa defects from substitutional sites to interstitial sites. The calculation of electron states of an AsGa atom with a shallow acceptor Be atom show that at the transition, an AsGa+ ion is displaced to the interstitial site and becomes a neutral atom, leading to a magnetization annihilation. |
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