Abstract
Time‐resolved photoluminescence decay measurements are used to explore minority carrier recombination in n‐type GaAs grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, and doped with selenium to produce electron concentrations from 1.3×1017 cm−3 to 3.8×1018 cm−3. For electron densities n0<1018 cm−3, the lifetime is found to be controlled by radiative recombination and photon recycling with no evidence of Shockley–Read–Hall recombination. For higher electron densities, samples show evidence of Shockley–Read–Hall recombination as reflected in the intensity dependence of the photoluminescence decay. Still, we find that radiative recombination and photon recycling are important for all electron concentrations studied, and no evidence for Auger recombination was observed.
Date of this Version
1992
DOI
10.1063/1.351704
Published in:
Journal of Applied Physics
Comments
Copyright (1992) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in J. Appl. Phys. 72 (4), 15 August 1992 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.351704. The following article has been submitted to/accepted by Journal of Applied Physics. Copyright 1992 G. B. Lush, H. F. MacMillan, B. M. Keyes, D. H. Levi, M. R. Melloch, R. K. Ahrenkiel, and M. S. Lundstrom. This article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.