Hydrogen-enhanced recrystallization in N+-implanted GaAs

J. Wang, Z. Li, W. Xu, X. Guo, W. Cai, Q. Wang, X. Chen, W. Lu

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Abstract

The hydrogen-enhanced recrystallization during thermal annealing in N +-implanted GaAs has been studied by combinatorial implantation process. Raman spectroscopy was used to study the crystallization properties of a set of hydrogenated cells on the N+-implanted GaAs wafer. A whole competitive process between H+ implantation-induced damage and recovery in the regrowth process of amorphous GaAs was observed within the proton dose region of 1.6 × 1015 to 1.1 × 1017 cm-2. In H+ dose region of 2.1 × 1016 to 5.4 × 1016 cm-2, H-enhanced recovery of crystal dominates the regrowth process. The crystal quality is better than that of unhydrogenated cell of N+-implanted GaAs in the H+ dose range from 4.7 × 1016 to 8.1 × 1016 cm -2. It is suggested that the vacancy supersaturation produced during hydrogen irradiation is dominantly responsible for the enhancement of thermal regrowth in the N+-implanted GaAs. Both the crystallization and amorphization process are clearly observed in different proton implantation dose regions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1809-1811
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Volume79
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

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