Symmetry of molecular H2 in Si from a uniaxial stress study of the 3618.4 cm-1 vibrational line

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Zhou, JA [1 ]
Stavola, M [1 ]
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[1] Lehigh Univ, Dept Phys, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1351
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O4 [物理学];
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Uniaxial stress has been used in conjunction with vibrational spectroscopy to probe the structure and microscopic properties of interstitial H-2 in Si. The stress splitting pattern observed for the 3618.4 cm(-1) line assigned to H-2 is consistent with triclinic (C-1) symmetry of a static center. The piezospectroscopic tensor determined in these experiments suggests a near [100] orientation for the H-2 molecular axis. The low symmetry that has been found in these experiments on the 3618.4 cm(-1) line is unexpected.
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