Probing two-level systems with electron spin inversion recovery of defects at the Si/SiO_{2} interface

Autor: M. Belli, M. Fanciulli, R. de Sousa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 2, Iss 3, p 033507 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033507
Popis: The main feature of amorphous materials is the presence of excess vibrational modes at low energies, giving rise to the so-called “boson peak” in neutron and optical spectroscopies. These same modes manifest themselves as two-level systems (TLSs) causing noise and decoherence in qubits and other sensitive devices. Here, we present an experiment that uses the spin relaxation of dangling bonds at the Si/(amorphous)SiO_{2} interface as a probe of TLSs. We introduce a model that is able to explain the observed nonexponential electron spin inversion recovery and provides a measure of the degree of spatial localization and concentration of the TLSs close to the interface, their maximum energy, and its temperature dependence.
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