Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Electrical properties of oxygen ion-implanted InP

  • SUNY Buffalo

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

8 Scopus citations

Abstract

The effect of oxygen ion implantation on defect levels and the electrical properties of undoped InP (n-type) and Sn-doped InP have been investigated as a function of postimplant annealing at temperatures of 300 and 400° C. The surface interruption by ion bombardment was studied by a non-invasive optical technique-photoreflectance (PR) spectroscopy. Current-voltage (I-V) characterization and deep level transient spectros-copy (DLTS) were carried out. The free carrier compensation mechanism was studied from the microstructure behavior of defect levels associated with O+ implantation. Free carriers may be trapped in both residual and ion-bombardment-induced defect sites. Rapid thermal annealing (RTA) performed at different temperatures showed that if residual traps were removed by annealing, the compensation efficiency will be enhanced. Post-implant RTA treatment showed that at the higher temperature (400°C), trapped carriers may be re-excited, resulting in a weakened compensation. Comparing the results of undoped and Sn-doped InP indicated that the carrier compensation effect is substrate doping dependent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)937-945
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Electronic Materials
Volume21
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1992

Keywords

  • defect levels
  • Oxygen implantation

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Electrical properties of oxygen ion-implanted InP'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this