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The LIR dependence on photon energy, illumination intensity, sample temperature and chemical identity of the passivated acceptor species indicates that LIR is electronically stimulated via recombination-enhanced vibrational excitation of acceptor-hydrogen complexes. 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Incorporation of the \"\"A\"\" defect as a function of MBE growth parameters has been studied, resulting in a successful growth of nearly defect-free GaAs over a wide range of deposition rates ($<$1 - $\\sim$5 $\\mu$m/h) under marginally As-stabilized surface conditions. Anomalous luminescence effects induced by the \"\"A\"\" defect have been observed and analyzed. Specifically, the defect causes an almost complete quenching of donor-bound excitions, which was frequently misinterpreted in the past as being due to extremely low donor concentration and compensation ratio in MBE-grown p-type GaAs.\"","The first quantitative study of layer intermixing in heavily Group IV(C$\\sb{\\rm As}$)-doped p-type Al$\\sb{\\rm x}$Ga$\\sb{\\rm 1-x}$As/GaAs superlattices has been performed for different annealing conditions. An enhancement of Al-Ga interdiffusion coefficients (D$\\sb{\\rm Al-Ga}$) in C-doped compared to intrinsic crystals has been observed, but significantly less than predicted by the charged point-defect (Fermi-level-effect) model. Also, contrary to the model, D$\\sb{\\rm Al-Ga}$ increases with increasing As$\\sb4$ pressure in the annealing ampoule. Finally, dopant species dependence of the layer disordering in p-type superlattices, that is not accounted for by the model, has been observed.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:39:55Z (GMT). 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An enhancement of Al-Ga interdiffusion coefficients (D$\\sb{\\rm Al-Ga}$) in C-doped compared to intrinsic crystals has been observed, but significantly less than predicted by the charged point-defect (Fermi-level-effect) model. Also, contrary to the model, D$\\sb{\\rm Al-Ga}$ increases with increasing As$\\sb4$ pressure in the annealing ampoule. Finally, dopant species dependence of the layer disordering in p-type superlattices, that is not accounted for by the model, has been observed.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:39:55Z (GMT). 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