Journal
CRYSTALS
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst12040560
Keywords
semiconductors; dynamic quadrupole interaction; magnetic dipole interaction; gamma-gamma angular correlations
Funding
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF [05K16PGA]
- German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico, CNPq [290102/2011-1]
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This study investigates the magnetic field effects in semiconductors using the TDPAC technique. The results show that there are almost no intrinsic point defects in the semiconductors, and an electric interaction occurs at low temperatures.
This study reports on the local exploration of magnetic field effects in semiconductors, including silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), gallium arsenide (GaAs), and indium phosphide (InP) using the time differential perturbed angular correlation (TDPAC) technique. TDPAC measurements were carried out under external magnetic fields with strengths of 0.48 T and 2.1 T at room temperature, and 77 K following the implantation of In-111(Cd-111) probes. Defects caused by ion implantation could be easily removed by thermal annealing at an appropriate temperature. The agreement between the measured Larmor frequencies and the theoretical values confirms that almost no intrinsic point defects are present in the semiconductors. At low temperatures, an electric interaction sets in. It stems from the electron capture after-effect. In the case of germanium and silicon, this effect is well visible. It is associated with a double charge state of the defect ion. No such effects arise in GaAs and InP where Cd contributes only a single electronic defect state. The Larmor frequencies correspond to the external magnetic field also at low temperatures.
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