• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.226-232
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• 1997

Ternary semiconductor $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ Sb crystals which have energy gap of 0.7eV-1.6 eV at room temperature according to the composition ratios were grown by the vertical Bridgman method. The characteristics of the crystals were investigated by XRD, HRTEM and Hall effect. The lattice constants of $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ Sb crystals were varied from 6.096A over .deg. to 6.135A over .deg. with the composition ratio x. The Hall effect of the $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ Sb crystals were measured by van der Pauw method with the magnetic field of 3 kilogauss at room temperature. The resistivities of Te-doped $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ Sb crystals were increased from 0.071 to 5 .OMEGA.-cm at room temperature according to the increment of the composition ratio x. The mobilies of $Al_{x}$G $a_{1-x}$ Sb crystals varied with the composition ratio x resulted in the following three different regions of GaSb-like (0.leq.x.leq.0.3), intermediate (0.3.leq.x.leq.0.4) and AlSb-like (0.4.leq.x.leq.l).q.l).q.l).q.l).

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.9 no.9
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• pp.885-890
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• 1996

Undoped p-type and Te doped n-type GaSb crystals were grown by the vertical Bridgman method. The lattice constant of the GaSb crystals was 6.096.+-.000373.angs.. The carrier concentration, the resistivity, and the carrier mobility measured by the van der Pauw method were p.iden.8*10$^{16}$ c $m^{-3}$ , .rho..iden.0.20 .ohm.-cm, .mu.$_{p}$ .iden.400c $m^{2}$ $V^{-1}$ se $c^{-1}$ for p-type, n.iden.1*10$^{17}$ c $m^{-3}$ , .rho..iden.0.15 .ohm.-cm, .mu.$_{n}$ .iden.500c $m^{2}$ $V^{-1}$ se $c^{-1}$ for n-type at 300K. In case of treatment with metal ion of R $u^{+3}$, P $t^{+4}$, the carrier concentration, resistivity and carrier mobility of the GaSb crystals were p.iden.2*10$^{17}$ c $m^{-3}$ , .rho..iden.0.08.ohm.-cm, .mu.$_{p}$ .iden.420c $m^{2}$ $V^{-1}$ se $c^{-1}$ for p-type, n.iden.2.5*10$^{17}$ c $m^{-3}$ , .rho..iden.0.07.ohm.-cm, .mu.$_{n}$ .iden.520c $m^{2}$ $V^{-1}$ se $c^{-1}$ for n-type respectively. GaSb crystals had a tendency to lower resistivity and higher mobility, for surface treatment with metal ion effectively diminished surface recombination centers.s.