Effect of Be codoping on the photoluminescence spectra of GaMnAs

The measurements of the photoluminescence (PL) spectra have been performed on GaAs, GaMnAs, GaAs:Be, and GaMnAs:Be samples to study the effect of Be codoping on the PL spectra of GaMnAs layers grown via low temperature molecular beam epitaxy. Based on the temperature dependence of the exciton-related transitions energy, it was shown that doping GaAs with Mn and Be leads to modification of the temperature dependence of the band gap. It was shown that although Be itself weakly affected the PL spectra of GaAs, codoping with Be significantly modified the PL spectra of GaMnAs. ► The paper describes a new finding of photoluminescence (PL) peak in p-type doped GaAs epitaxial layers. ► The PL peak is related with an interaction between the intentionally doped impurities including magnetic dopant of Mn. ► This would help development and interpretation of the studies related with spintronic materials.