The photoluminescence properties of heavily doped GaAs:Zn (100) layers grow
n by liquid phase epitaxy from gallium and bismuth solutions at various tem
peratures have been studied. It was shown that a line at 1.35 eV connected
with the novel defect appears in photoluminescence spectra of the layers do
ped at a level above 10(19) cm(-3). It has been found that the defect is a
neutral complex consisting of native point defects of GaAs.