Local vibrational modes of the oxygen-vacancy complex in germanium |
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Authors: | V. V. Litvinov L. I. Murin J. L. Lindstrom V. P. Markevich A. N. Petukh |
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Affiliation: | (1) Belarussian State University, ul. Leningradskaya 14, Minsk, 220050, Belarus;(2) Institute of Solid-State and Semiconductor Physics, Belarussian Academy of Sciences, ul. Brovki 17, Minsk, 220072, Belarus;(3) Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Infrared absorption of n-and p-Ge crystals enriched with 16O and/or 18O 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 120–140°C; 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 (16O → 18O) shifts. These bands were found to correspond to various charge states of a defect with an energy level near Ev=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. |
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