ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RESONANCE OBSERVATION OF GALLIUM VACANCY IN ELECTRON-IRRADIATED P-TYPE GAAS

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作者
JIA, YQ [1 ]
VONBARDELEBEN, HJ [1 ]
STIEVENARD, D [1 ]
DELERUE, C [1 ]
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[1] INST SUPER ELECTR N,LAB PHYS SOLIDES,F-59046 LILLE,FRANCE
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.45.1645
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We report an observation by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of the gallium vacancy defect in GaAs. The defect is observed after electron irradiation of p-type GaAs. The gallium vacancy defect shows trigonal symmetry; its spin-Hamiltonian parameters are determined as S = 1/2, g parallel-to [111] - 1.98 +/- 0.02, g parallel-to [111] = 2.08 +/- 0.01, A parallel-to [111] = (280 +/- 20) x 10(-4) cm-1, and A perpendicular-to [111] = (130 +/- 10) x 10(-4) cm-1. A tight-binding Green's function calculation confirms the defect model and identifies its charge state as 2-. The gallium vacancy is unstable at room temperature, the thermal annealing parameters being Fermi-level dependent.
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页码:1645 / 1649
页数:5
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