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Thermal Treatment of Hg Containing I-VI Semiconductors by Annealing in a Mercury Bath (AMEBA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

R. Kalish  and
C. Uzan-Saguy
R. Kalish
Affiliation:
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Solid State Institute, Haifa, Israel 32 000
C. Uzan-Saguy
Affiliation:
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Solid State Institute, Haifa, Israel 32 000
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Abstract

An extremely simple and inexpensive technique (AMEBA) for the thermal treatment of Hg containing specimens which permits short or long time annealing in a Hg rich atmosphere is described. It is based on the immersion of the sample, properly protected by proximity caps in, or above, a hot mercury bath. The sample assembly is such that it permits Hg vapors, but not the liquid, to reach the specimen's surface.

The usefulness of AMEBA in improving the electrical and structural properties of as-grown Hg1-xCdxTe (x = 0.21) and in removing ion implantation related damage as well as electrically activating B implants in various p-type HgCdTe samples is demonstrated. All the data presented show that AMEBA treatment yields results which are comparable or superior to those obtainable by convensional annealing methods.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 216: Symposium T – Long-Wavelength Semiconductor Devices, Materials and Processes , 1990 , 123
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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