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On the influence of indium addition on the mechanical properties of gallium arsenide at room temperature
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 1998
Abstract
Indentations have been performed on (001) faces of indium alloyed GaAs crystals in darkness and under infrared illumination. The Vickers hardness was measured and the dislocation microstructure around the indents observed by high voltage transmission electron microscopy. A softening effect of indium is evidenced by comparison with the Vickers hardness obtained in the same conditions on undoped GaAs. No significant influence of indium on the dislocation microstructure resulting from indentation in darkness is noted. Indentation under infrared illumination does not reveal any macroscopic photoplastic effect; however, a modification of dislocation microstructure is observed. Whatever the experimental conditions, dislocations appear to experience strong lattice friction. The softening effect of indium addition and the enhanced dislocation mobilities under infrared illumination are discussed in the framework of dislocation glide governed by the Peierls mechanism.
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- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , February 1998 , pp. 141 - 146
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- © EDP Sciences, 1998
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