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Dopant–dopant interactions in beryllium doped indium gallium arsenide: An ab initio study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2018

Vadym Kulish ,
Wenyuan Liu ,
Francis Benistant  and
Sergei Manzhos Open the ORCID record for Sergei Manzhos [Opens in a new window]
Vadym Kulish
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore
Wenyuan Liu
Affiliation:
Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
Francis Benistant
Affiliation:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore 738406, Singapore
Sergei Manzhos*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore
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a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We present an ab initio study of dopant–dopant interactions in beryllium-doped InGaAs. We consider defect formation energies of various interstitial and substitutional defects and their combinations. We find that all substitutional–substitutional interactions could be neglected. On the other hand, interactions involving an interstitial defect are significant. Specially, interstitial Be is stabilized by about 0.9/1.0 eV in the presence of one/two BeGa substitutionals. Ga interstitial is also substantially stabilized by Be substitutionals. Two Be interstitials can form a metastable Be–Be–Ga complex with a dissociation energy of 0.26 eV/Be. Therefore, interstitial defects and defect–defect interactions should be considered in accurate models of Be-doped InGaAs. We suggest that In and Ga should be treated as separate atoms and not lumped into a single effective group III element, as has been done before. We identified dopant-centred states which indicate the presence of other charge states at finite temperatures, specifically, the presence of Beint +1 (as opposed to Beint +2 at 0 K).

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semiconductingdiffusionsimulation
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , 28 February 2018 , pp. 401 - 413
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Contributing Editor: Susan B. Sinnott

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