The photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of S-doped In0.32Ga0.68P ep
ilayer grown by liquid phase epitaxy have been studied in the temperat
ure range of 20-300 K. In addition to the two peaks of the near band-e
dge emission and the donor-to-acceptor transition, a third peak of 2.1
99 eV at 74 K is observed in a narrow sample temperature range. It is
shown that the appearance of this peak is related to the DX centers. T
he transition is attributed to the recombination of the neutral donor
with a hole bound to the DX- center. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.