Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
Implantation of Mg+ and C+ ions is carried out in bulk InP substrates using single or several energies up to 400 keV. The net carrier concentration profile at 300K is measured by capacitance-voltage (C-V) method. The ground and excited states binding energies of Mg and C acceptors are determined by low-temperature selective excitation of photoluminescence (PL). Additional sharp exciton-Iike emissions are detected after annealing of the samples. Their intensity is found to decrease with increasing Mg+ or C+ dose. Annealing-induced activation and/or formation of complex defect are the likely candidate mechanisms for the involved defect.