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Multiphysics simulations indicate that charge-carrier recombination is greatly reduced, and electron effective lifetime in p-doped GaAs may increase by a factor of 10\u00d7 to 20\u00d7. It implies a significant increase, by a factor of 2\u00d7 to 3\u00d7, of quantum efficiency (QE) for GaAs photoemission applications, like GaAs photocathodes. Conditions of different SAW wavelengths, swept SAW intensities, and varied incident photon energies were investigated. Essential steps in SAW device fabrication on a GaAs substrate are demonstrated, including deposition of an additional layer of ZnO for piezoelectric effect enhancement, measurements of current\u2013voltage (I\u2013V) characteristics of the SAW device, and ability to survive high-temperature annealing. 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