MIGRATION ENERGY OF THE NEUTRAL VACANCY IN DIAMOND

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作者
LAWSON, S [1 ]
DAVIES, G [1 ]
COLLINS, AT [1 ]
MAINWOOD, A [1 ]
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[1] KINGS COLL LONDON, DEPT PHYS, LONDON WC2R 2LS, ENGLAND
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10.1088/0953-8984/4/9/001
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
When irradiated nitrogen-rich natural diamond is heated isothermally, the vacancies are destroyed at two rates. In both processes vacancies migrate to and are trapped at the nitrogen. The faster process coincides with a sharpening of the optical transitions of the vacancy. Both processes have the same activation energy of E(m) = 2.3 +/- 0.2 eV By annealing nitrogen-free diamond, E(m) is shown to be the migration energy of the neutral charge state of the vacancy.
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