Heavy and light hole transport in nominally undoped GaSb substrates

H. Kala, Gilberto A. Umana Membreno, Greg Jolley, Nima Dehdashtiakhavan, M.A. Patrashin, K. Akahane, Jarek Antoszewski, Lorenzo Faraone

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    © 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. In this work, we report results of a study of electronic transport in nominally undoped p-type GaSb wafers typically employed as substrate material for the epitaxial growth of InAs/GaInSb type-II superlattices. Magnetic field dependent Hall-effect measurements and high-resolution mobility spectrum analysis clearly indicate p-type conductivity due to carriers in both the heavy and light hole bands. The extracted hole concentrations indicate a thermal activation energy of 17.8 meV for the dominant native acceptor-like defects. A temperature-independent effective mass ratio of 9.0 ± 0.8 was determined from the ratio of measured heavy and light hole concentrations. Over the 56 K-300 K temperature range, the light hole mobility was found to be 4.7 ± 0.7 times higher than the heavy hole mobility. The measured room temperature mobilities for the light and heavy holes were 2550 cm2/Vs and 520 cm2/Vs, respectively.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number032103
    Pages (from-to)1-5
    Number of pages5
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume106
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2015

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    mass ratios
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    Kala, H. ; Umana Membreno, Gilberto A. ; Jolley, Greg ; Dehdashtiakhavan, Nima ; Patrashin, M.A. ; Akahane, K. ; Antoszewski, Jarek ; Faraone, Lorenzo. / Heavy and light hole transport in nominally undoped GaSb substrates. In: Applied Physics Letters. 2015 ; Vol. 106. pp. 1-5.
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    Heavy and light hole transport in nominally undoped GaSb substrates. / Kala, H.; Umana Membreno, Gilberto A.; Jolley, Greg; Dehdashtiakhavan, Nima; Patrashin, M.A.; Akahane, K.; Antoszewski, Jarek; Faraone, Lorenzo.

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    Kala H, Umana Membreno GA, Jolley G, Dehdashtiakhavan N, Patrashin MA, Akahane K et al. Heavy and light hole transport in nominally undoped GaSb substrates. Applied Physics Letters. 2015 Jan 21;106:1-5. 032103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4906489

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