Published March 13, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

An A centre in CdTe

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Stuttgart (Germany, F.R.)
  • 2. Johannes Kepler Univ., Linz (Austria). Abt. Festkoerperphysik
  • 3. Fraunhofer-Institut fuer Angewandte Festkoerperphysik (IAF), Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany, F.R.)

Description

Application of electron paramagnetic resonance to neutron-irradiated CdTe shows the presence of a new centre, labelled XA, having mirror symmetry Cs. In terms of a spin Hamiltonian for an effective spin S = 1/2, its g-values are g1 = 2.0034, g2 = 2.0840 and g3 = 2.2020, where axis 1 corresponds to a [110] direction. We show that an A centre consisting of a Cd vacancy and either a group VII donor on a neighbouring Te site or an impurity isoelectronic to Te can account for the observed EPR. In this model, it is assumed that the bound hole of the A centre is distributed among two neighbouring Te ions. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
1
Journal Issue
10
Series
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
1925-1928
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOME