Title

First-Principles Study Of Location Of Er3+ Ion - Relationship To Understanding Of Hyperfine Interactions In The Optoelectronic Erbium-Silicon System

Keywords

Erbium; Hexagonal interstitial; Hyperfine interactions; Silicon; Substitutional; Tetrahedral interstitial

Abstract

The importance of hyperfine interactions in the Erbium-Silicon system is underscored by our first-principles Hartree-Fock Cluster investigations on the location of Erbium in Silicon. Our theoretical studies show that both substitutional and tetrahedral interstitial sites are stable for Er 3 + ion with the latter having a larger binding energy. This conclusion is not completely supported by channeling experiments. It is suggested that Mössbauer measurements on 166Er isotope would be valuable to compare experimental results with theoretical predictions of the hyperfine interactions of both magnetic and quadrupolar types to provide additional information about the location of Er3+. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Publication Date

7-1-2007

Publication Title

Hyperfine Interactions

Volume

178

Issue

1-3

Number of Pages

51-56

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-008-9656-2

Socpus ID

54849432776 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/54849432776

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