Dynamics of T-site muonium states in gallium phosphide

Vernon J. E., Carroll B. R., Bani-Salameh H. N., Lichti R. L., Celebi Y. G., Fan I., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, cilt.404, ss.820-823, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 404
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.163
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.820-823
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report on the motional dynamics of Mu(-) and the ionization processes related to the Mu(T) acceptor state in n-type gallium phosphide. Muon spin resonance results on semi-insulating GaP suggest the presence of both Mu(+) and Mu(-) diamagnetic states above similar to 400 K. From the growth step in the RF amplitudes, we obtain an energy of similar to 0.82 eV for the Mu(T) acceptor-related hole ionization. The loss of the Mu- RF-component above 600 K yields an energy of similar to 1.7eV, which is assigned to thermal promotion of an electron from Mu- to the conduction band. These two results locate the Mu(T) acceptor level with respect to the valence and conduction band edges, respectively. Low-field spin precession and zero-field depolarization data on n-type GaP show a peak in diamagnetic fraction below 300 K, and a roughly linear increase in amplitude at higher temperatures. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.