a Department of Physics, University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD United Kingdom
b Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Sheffield Sheffield S1 3JD United Kingdom
Abstract:
We report on the molecular beam epitaxy growth of modulation-doped GaAs-(Ga,Al)As heterostructures on the (311)A GaAs surface using silicon as the acceptor. Two-dimensional hole gases (2DHGs) with low-temperature hole mobility exceeding 1.2×106 cm2 V−1 s−1 with carrier concentrations as low as 0.8×1011 cm−2 have been obtained. This hole mobility is the highest ever observed at such low densities by any growth technique. We also report the first observation of persistent photoconductivity in a 2DHG. An analysis of the number density and temperature dependence of the mobility leads us to conclude that the mobility is limited by phonon scattering above 4 K and interface scattering at lower temperatures.