Sites and motion of Mu- defect centers in n-type gallium nitride

被引:9
作者
Lichti, RL [1 ]
Cox, SFJ
Dawdy, MR
Head, TL
Hitti, B
Molnar, RJ
Schwab, C
Vaudo, RP
机构
[1] Texas Tech Univ, Dept Phys, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
[2] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS Facil, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[3] UCL, London WCE 6BT, England
[4] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
[5] MIT, Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA 02420 USA
[6] CNRS, PHASE, F-67037 Strasbourg, France
[7] Adv Technol Mat Inc, Danbury, CT 06810 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
muonium; hydrogen; GaN; level-crossing resonance; defect mobility;
D O I
10.1016/S0921-4526(00)00247-7
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We have investigated the sites and motional properties of Mu(-) defect centers in GaN using muon nuclear-quadrupole level-crossing resonances (QLCR) and zero-field muon-spin depolarization measurements. The QLCR spectra imply that Mu(-) occupies interstitial locations next to Ga atoms, consistent with the two inequivalent Ga anti-bonding sites for the Wurtzite structure. The Mu(-) related depolarization shows an increase in average dipolar fields near 200 K and indicates motion above 500 K. We discuss the properties of the two separate Mu(-) states obtained from a model-dependent constrained fit to the zero-field data. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:542 / 545
页数:4
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