EL 2 is a technologically important deep level in GaAs whose identification has been the subject of intense study. In this paper we present uniaxial stress and magnetic field experiments which establish for the first time that EL 2 has tetrahedral symmetry and is, therefore, an isolated point defect. Combining this result with earlier data, we conclude that EL 2 is an isolated arsenic antisite defect.
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