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Nanofabrication of Gate-defined GaAs/AlGaAs Lateral Quantum Dots
Published on: November 1, 2013
Electric-field-enhanced neutralization of deep centers in GaAs
D G Eshchenko1, V G Storchak, S P Cottrell
1Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland. dimitry.eshchenko@psi.ch
Abstract:
The charge dynamics of hydrogenlike centers in semi-insulating GaAs have been studied by muon spin resonance in the presence of electric field and RF excitation. Electric-field-enhanced neutralization of deep electron and hole traps by track-induced hot carriers results in an increase of the excess electron's or hole's lifetimes. Similar processes may take place in semiconductor devices working at high voltages and/or under irradiation. As a consequence of the deep traps neutralization, the muonium (mu{+} + e{-}) center can capture a hole.
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