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Theory of DX Centers in AlxGa1-x Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

D. J. Chadi  and
S. B. Zhang
D. J. Chadi
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304
S. B. Zhang
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304
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Abstract

A theoretical model for DX centers which explains their unusual electronic properties in terms of two distinct bonding configurations for donor impurities in AlxGa1-x As alloys is examined. The results of our ab initio self-consistent pseudo-potential calculations show that for x > ≃20%, the normal fourfold coordinated substitutional site becomes unstable with respect to a large lattice distortion. The model explains the large difference between the thermal and optical ionization energies of DX centers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 163: Symposium G – Impurities, Defects and Diffusion in Semiconductors: Bulk and Layered Structures , 1989 , 765
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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