Published March 31, 2006
| Version v1
Journal article
Muonium states in II-VI zinc chalcogenide semiconductors
Creators
- 1. Physics Department, University of Coimbra, P-3004-516 Coimbra (Portugal)
- 2. Physics Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409-1051 (United States)
- 3. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2J1 (Canada)
- 4. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
- 5. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX (United Kingdom): Condensed Matter Physics, University College London, WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)
Description
A systematic experimental study of muonium states in the binary compounds ZnSe, ZnS and ZnTe is presented. Deep muonium states are observed in ZnSe and ZnS but not in ZnTe. In ZnTe, only the diamagnetic signal is seen. The temperature dependence of the muonium and muon fractions is measured in the three materials by muon spin rotation and, for ZnTe, also by RF-μSR. In none of the three compounds any indication of the neutral donor state, known from ZnO, CdS and others, is found. We conclude that in the Zn chalcogenides the neutral (interstitial) muonium configuration is more stable than the neutral (anion bonded) shallow donor configuration. The significance of the results is discussed with respect to the behaviour of hydrogen
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physb.2005.11.107;
- PII
- S0921-4526(05)01325-6;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physica. B, Condensed Matter
- Journal Volume
- 374-375
- Journal Page Range
- p. 383-386
- ISSN
- 0921-4526
- CODEN
- PHYBE3
Conference
- Title
- 10. international conference on muon spin rotation, relaxation and resonance
- Dates
- 8-12 Aug 2005
- Place
- Oxford (United Kingdom)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37073021
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANIONS; CADMIUM SULFIDES; HYDROGEN; MUON SPIN RELAXATION; MUONIUM; MUONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ZINC OXIDES; ZINC SELENIDES; ZINC SULFIDES; ZINC TELLURIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; IONS; LEPTONS; MATERIALS; NONMETALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORS; RELAXATION; SELENIDES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TELLURIDES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.