SILICON-INTERSTITIAL OXYGEN-INTERSTITIAL COMPLEX AS A MODEL OF THE 450-DEGREES-C OXYGEN THERMAL DONOR IN SILICON

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作者
DEAK, P
SNYDER, LC
CORBETT, JW
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[1] SUNY ALBANY, DEPT CHEM, ALBANY, NY 12222 USA
[2] SUNY ALBANY, DEPT PHYS, ALBANY, NY 12222 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.747
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The complex of a divalent silicon interstitial and a pair of adjacent oxygen interstitials is proposed as the core of the 450-degrees-C oxygen thermal donor in silicon. The proposal is supported by theoretical calculations which suggest that this complex is stable relative to the self-interstitial and two separated oxygen interstitials, and that it has a doubly occupied level close to the computed conduction-band edge. The calculated spin distribution is in qualitative agreement with the one found experimentally for the NL8 center.
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