Abstract
We present a microscopic identification of a hydrogen-related-complex defect in electron-irradiated, hydrogenated, boron-doped, single-crystalline silicon, by optical detection of magnetic resonance. The symmetry of this defect has been deduced as , and from the observed hyperfine interactions the defect is identified as a di-hydrogen–vacancy complex, where the H atoms passivate two of the four dangling bonds in a monovacancy. A spin-triplet is the lowest electronic excited state of the defect, which exhibits a strong recombination channel for the free-carriers.
- Received 4 April 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.3042
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