Yu, Kin ManWalukiewicz, WladekBeeman, J. W.Scarpulla, Michael A.Dubon, Oscar D.Pillai, Manoj R.Aziz, Michael2009-04-302002Yu, Kin Man, Wladek Walukiewicz , J. W. Beeman, Michael A. Scarpulla, Oscar D. Dubon, Manaj R. Pillai and Michael J. Aziz. Enhanced nitrogen incorporation by pulsed laser annealing of GaNxAs1-x formed by N ion implantation. Applied Physics Letters 80(21): 3958-3960.0003-6951http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:2870697We demonstrate that pulsed laser annealing followed by rapid thermal annealing greatly enhances incorporation of substitutional N in N⁺-implanted GaAs. Films implanted to 1.8% N exhibit a fundamental band gap of 1.26 eV (a band gap reduction of 160 meV), corresponding to an N activation efficiency of 50%. The optical and crystalline quality of the synthesized film is comparable to GaN_xAs_1-x thin films of similar composition grown by epitaxial growth techniques. Compared to films produced by N⁺ implantation and rapid thermal annealing only, the introduction of pulsed laser annealing improves N incorporation by a factor of 5. Moreover, we find that the synthesized films are thermally stable up to an annealing temperature of 950 °C.en-US10.1063/1.1481196