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Control of carrier concentrations by addition of $B_{2}O_{3}$ in Si-doped vertical gradient freeze (VGF) GaAs single crystal growth  

Bae, So-Ik (Photizo Incorporation)
Han, Chang-Woon (Photizo Incorporation)
Abstract
Si-doped GaAs single crystals were grown by vertical gradient freeze using PBN crucibles. The amount of oxide layer $B_{2}O_{3}$ in PBN crucible was changed($0{\sim}0.2wt%$) and measured the concentration of carriers. The segregation coefficients of Si in GaAs melt decreased rapidly from initial 0.1 to 0.01 as the amount of $B_{2}O_{3}$ increases. At the same time, concentration of carriers was shown to decrease. It is likely that the reaction between dopant Si and $B_{2}O_{3}$ in GaAs melt results in the reduction of Si dopants(donor) while increase in the amount of boron(acceptor). The thin layer of $B_{2}O_{3}$ glass in PBN crucible was proved to be a better way to reduce defect formation rather than the total amount of $B_{2}O_{3}$.
Keywords
GaAs; Si-doped; PBN; VGF; $B_{2}O_{3}$; Carrier concentration; Oxidation; Segregation coefficient;
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