Studies of implant activation in InAs have not been reported presumably because of challenges associated with junction leakage. The activation of 20 keV, Si þ implants into lightly doped (001) p-type bulk InAs performed at 100 C as a function of annealing time and temperature was measured via Raman scattering. Peak shift of the L þ coupled phonon-plasmon mode after annealing at 700 C shows that active n-type doping levels %5 Â 10 19 cm À3 are possible for ion implanted Si in InAs. These values are comparable to the highest reported active carrier concentrations of 8-12 Â 10 19 cm À3 for growth-doped n-InAs. Raman scattering is shown to be a viable, non-contact technique to measure active carrier concentration in instances where contact-based methods such as Hall effect produce erroneous measurements or junction leakage prevents the measurement of shallow n þ layers, which cannot be effectively isolated from the bulk. V C 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.