The Pressure Dependence of Transition Metal-Related Levels in GaAs

The hydrostatic pressure coefficients of V$\text{}^{3+}$ $\text{}^{/}$ $\text{}^{2+}$ acceptor level in bulk GaAs and of the 0.48 eV trap (related to Ni$\text{}^{2+}$ $\text{}^{/}$ $\text{}^{1+}$ double acceptor level) in VPE GaAs were measured by means of the DLTS technique. The obtained values are 94 meV/GPa and 196 meV/GPa relative to the bottom of the conduction band. For Ni$\text{}^{2+}$ $\text{}^{/}$ $\text{}^{1+}$ level the strong pressure dependence of the capture cross-section activation energy (60 meV/GPa) was also observed.