Direct observations of the vacancy and its annealing in germanium | |
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关键词: N-TYPE GERMANIUM; SELF-DIFFUSION; GE; DEFECTS; SI; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; IRRADIATION; SILICON; DAMAGE; | |
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.235212 | |
来源: SCIE |
【 摘 要 】
Weakly n-type doped germanium has been irradiated with protons up to a fluence of 3 x 10(14) cm(-2) at 35 K and 100 K in a unique experimental setup. Positron annihilation measurements show a defect lifetime component of 272 +/- 4 ps at 35 K in in situ positron lifetime measurements after irradiation at 100 K. This is identified as the positron lifetime in a germanium monovacancy. Annealing experiments in the temperature interval 35-300 K reveal two annealing stages. The first at 100 K is tentatively associated with the annealing of the Frenkel pair, the second at 200 K with the annealing of the monovacancy. Above 200 K it is observed that mobile neutral monovacancies form divacancies, with a positron lifetime of 315 ps.
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