Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
Rapid thermal annealing by using a graphite strip heater has been employed to activate Se atoms implanted in either In-doped or undoped LEC GaAs. Doping profile measurements have shown that highly doped n-type layers with the maximum carrier concentration of 1.2E19/cm3 are formed in the In-doped GaAs implanted with 100keV Se ions at room temperature after rapid thermal annealing at 1000°C for 10 sec. Residual defects existing in Se-implanted layers have been examined. The results show that the introduction of dislocations into Se-implanted layers during post-implant annealing is minimized in the In-doped GaAs samples treated by rapid thermal annealing.