Rare earths (REs) diluted into MBE grown and synthesised n-type InP samples create an acceptor-like level (at 30 meV for Yb and 60 meV for Er) below the conduction band; the activation energies are deduced from temperature dependent Hall effect measurements. From EPR experiments where the authors observe resonance due to the Yb3+ ground state in n-type samples, they deduce that this acceptor-like level is not the Yb2+/Yb3+ acceptor level. They propose that the RE creates an attractive potential for electrons in III-V semiconductors. They discuss the consequences of this property for the luminescence excitation mechanism of the luminescence.

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The total iron and the Fe3+ concentration are determined by means of SIMS and EPR measurements. The deduced electron concentration is in good agreement with the results given by Hall effect measurements.

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