Electron Spin Resonance of Lithium Related Donor Centers in Bulk Si1−xGex Crystals Enriched in 28Si and 72Ge Isotopes.

Autor: Kalinina, E. A., Guseinov, D. V., Soukhorukov, A. V., Ezhevskii, A. A., Zverev, D. G., Murzakhanov, F. F., Abrosimov, N. V.
Zdroj: Applied Magnetic Resonance; May2024, Vol. 55 Issue 5, p551-564, 14p
Abstrakt: The lithium donor centers in Si1–xGex (x = 0.0039–0.05) single crystals enriched in spinless 28Si and 72Ge isotopes (99.998 and 99.984%, respectively) are studied by electron spin resonance at temperatures of T = 3.5–30 K and compared with its behavior in Si crystals. It is shown that lithium center with trigonal ([111]) symmetry has a most stable configuration in bulk Si1–xGex for different values of x < 5 at %. Axial symmetry is explained by the distortion of the lithium central position and their neighboring atoms. The spin relaxation rates were studied in temperature range 4–30 K and it was shown that transverse and longitudinal relaxation consist of two components with rates differ by almost an order of magnitude. Together with Raman processes for 1/T1, a decrease in the exponent below T5 is observed. This behavior is explained by cross-relaxation through states of the distorted configuration of lithium, which arise due to modulation of the crystal field potential by random distribution of Ge atoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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