Premium
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of the Mn 4 0 Cluster in Silicon
Author(s) -
Kreissl J.,
Gehlhoff W.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221450227
Subject(s) - electron paramagnetic resonance , hyperfine structure , manganese , cluster (spacecraft) , silicon , multiplet , chemistry , spin (aerodynamics) , ground state , atomic physics , doping , crystallography , molecular physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , condensed matter physics , physics , spectral line , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , astronomy , computer science , programming language
Abstract In high‐resistivity p‐type and n‐type silicon doped with manganese the Mn 4 0cluster is identified by EPR. The spectrum shows a characteristic hyperfine structure and an angular dependence of fine structure at 20 K. The analysis of the spectrum yield the assumption of the following cluster model: the cluster consists of four Mn 0 atoms on nearest interstitial sites; it has cubic/tetrahedral symmetry; spin multiplets with S = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are produced by a dominant exchange coupling where the multiplet with S = 6 is the ground state observed by the EPR experiments. The photo‐EPR results suggest a donor level (Mn 4 ) 0/+ near midgap.