Luminescence properties of transition-metal-doped GaSb

The luminescence properties of transition-metal (Cr, V, and Ru)-doped GaSb single crystals have been studied by a cathodoluminescence (CL) technique in a scanning electron microscope. Spatial segregation of impurities along the longitudinal direction of the crystals grown by the Bridgman method has...

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Authors: Hidalgo Alcalde, Pedro, Méndez Martín, María Bianchi, Dutta, P: S., Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier, Dieguez, E.
Format: article
Publication Date:1998
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/58950
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58950
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:538.9
Sb-Rich Solutions
Gallium Antimonide
Photoluminescence
Cathodoluminescence
Epitaxy
Física de materiales
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Summary:The luminescence properties of transition-metal (Cr, V, and Ru)-doped GaSb single crystals have been studied by a cathodoluminescence (CL) technique in a scanning electron microscope. Spatial segregation of impurities along the longitudinal direction of the crystals grown by the Bridgman method has been investigated. These dopants suppress the native acceptor concentration to varying extent. The behavior of Ru has been found to be different from the behavior of V and Cr. In particular the complete disappearance of the 777 meV (band A) emission has been observed in GaSb:Ru with a low doping level. A peak at 767 meV is also seen in this sample which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been previously observed in GaSb. The CL results have been complemented by x-ray-microanalysis measurements to ascertain the effect of doping level on the luminescence properties.