The electric properties of electron irradiated GaAs have been extensively studied by various
authors [l, 21. In a recent study of the electron mobility profile of GaAs MESFETs it was
reported that the contribution of the non-lattice scattering terms (ionized impurities and
clusters) to the total free electron scattering probability increase after irradiation versus
depth at distances d > 0.2 pm below the Schottky contact [3].
In the present note we report conductivity (c) and concentration (ND - NA) profiles
up to 2 km below the surface on n-type GaAs layers before and after irradiation with
0.65 MeV electrons. Annealing results are also reported.
We prepared on semi-insulating Cr-doped GaAs wafers VPE grown sulfur-doped n-type
GaAs layers of two different thicknesses, i.e. 0.36 pm with free electron concentration
5 x 1OI6 cmW3a nd 5 vm with free electron concentration 2 x 1015 ~ m - S~ch.o ttky contacts
of a Cr (70 nm)/Au (400 nm) layer were applied by vacuum evaporation.
Electron irradiation at 0.65 MeV was carried out at room temperature. Low irradiation
doses were chosen to prevent the formation of clusters.
In Table 1 the characteristics and irradiation doses of the individual samples are given.
The concentration ND - N, was obtained by differential capacitance measurements with
1 MHz small ac signal. The conductivity and concentration profiles were measured before
and after irradiation.