Dynamics of positively charged muonium centers in indium nitride


Celebi Y. G., Lichti R. L., Coss B. E., Cox S. F. J.

PHYSICAL REVIEW B, cilt.74, sa.24, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 74 Sayı: 24
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevb.74.245219
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Muon spin depolarization measurements performed on powdered InN with zero applied magnetic field reveal several positively charged diamagnetic muonium centers. At low temperatures, the Mu(+) ground state is weakly relaxing with the characteristics of local tunneling motion, which changes to thermally activated diffusion above 350 K. Additional signals imply stationary metastable Mu(+) centers, which undergo successive activated transitions into the ground state at temperatures ranging from 250 to 400 K. Above 450 K, the Mu(+) diffusion is interrupted by trap and release events. The high-temperature trapped state is different from any of the low-temperature sites. The energies associated with metastable-to-stable site changes, detrapping transitions, and thermal diffusion are extracted and possible sites for the observed Mu(+) signals are discussed as a model for interstitial protons, H(+).