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Local vibrational modes of the oxygen-vacancy complex in germanium

Litvinov, VV ; Murin, LI ; Lindström, Lennart LU ; Markevich, VP and Petukh, AN (2002) In Semiconductors 36(6). p.621-624
Abstract
Infrared absorption of n- and p-Ge crystals enriched with O-16 and/or O-18 isotopes was studied after irradiation with 6-MeV electrons. Absorption spectra were measured at 10 and 300 K. Along with known bands characteristic of oxygen-containing defects, new lines at 669, 944, and 990 cm(-1) were detected. These bands are annealed at temperatures of 120-140degreesC; the band at 621 cm(-1), previously related to the vacancy-oxygen complex in Ge, is simultaneously annealed. The bands at 621 and 669 cm(-1) showed identical temperatures (10 --> 300 K) and oxygen isotope (O-16 --> O-18) shifts. These bands were found to correspond to various charge states of a defect with an energy level near E-v = 0.25 +/- 0.03 eV. It is assumed that such... (More)
Infrared absorption of n- and p-Ge crystals enriched with O-16 and/or O-18 isotopes was studied after irradiation with 6-MeV electrons. Absorption spectra were measured at 10 and 300 K. Along with known bands characteristic of oxygen-containing defects, new lines at 669, 944, and 990 cm(-1) were detected. These bands are annealed at temperatures of 120-140degreesC; the band at 621 cm(-1), previously related to the vacancy-oxygen complex in Ge, is simultaneously annealed. The bands at 621 and 669 cm(-1) showed identical temperatures (10 --> 300 K) and oxygen isotope (O-16 --> O-18) shifts. These bands were found to correspond to various charge states of a defect with an energy level near E-v = 0.25 +/- 0.03 eV. It is assumed that such a defect is the vacancy-oxygen complex (A center). The weak bands at 944 and 990 cm(-1) were identified as combinations of asymmetric stretching modes at 621 and 669 cm(-1) with a symmetric one at 320 cm(-1) for neutral and negative charge states of the A center, respectively. (Less)
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1063-7826
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10.1134/1.1485658
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  abstract     = {{Infrared absorption of n- and p-Ge crystals enriched with O-16 and/or O-18 isotopes was studied after irradiation with 6-MeV electrons. Absorption spectra were measured at 10 and 300 K. Along with known bands characteristic of oxygen-containing defects, new lines at 669, 944, and 990 cm(-1) were detected. These bands are annealed at temperatures of 120-140degreesC; the band at 621 cm(-1), previously related to the vacancy-oxygen complex in Ge, is simultaneously annealed. The bands at 621 and 669 cm(-1) showed identical temperatures (10 --> 300 K) and oxygen isotope (O-16 --> O-18) shifts. These bands were found to correspond to various charge states of a defect with an energy level near E-v = 0.25 +/- 0.03 eV. It is assumed that such a defect is the vacancy-oxygen complex (A center). The weak bands at 944 and 990 cm(-1) were identified as combinations of asymmetric stretching modes at 621 and 669 cm(-1) with a symmetric one at 320 cm(-1) for neutral and negative charge states of the A center, respectively.}},
  author       = {{Litvinov, VV and Murin, LI and Lindström, Lennart and Markevich, VP and Petukh, AN}},
  issn         = {{1063-7826}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  pages        = {{621--624}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics (AIP)}},
  series       = {{Semiconductors}},
  title        = {{Local vibrational modes of the oxygen-vacancy complex in germanium}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/1.1485658}},
  doi          = {{10.1134/1.1485658}},
  volume       = {{36}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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