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Calculation of positron annihilation characteristics of six main defects in 6H -SiC and the possibility to distinguish them experimentally
- Source :
- Physical Review B. 94(1):1-11
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We have determined positron annihilation characteristics (lifetime and Doppler broadening) in six basic vacancy-type defects of $6H$-SiC and two nitrogen-vacancy complexes using ab initio calculations. The positron characteristics obtained allow us to point out which positron technique in the most adapted to identify a particular defect. They show that the coincidence Doppler broadening technique is the most relevant for observing the silicon vacancy--nitrogen complexes, ${\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{Si}}{\mathrm{N}}_{\mathrm{C}}$, and carbon vacancy--carbon antisite ones, ${\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{C}}_{\mathrm{Si}}$. For the other studied defects, the calculated positron characteristics are found to be too close for the defects to be easily distinguished using a single positron annihilation technique. Then it is required to use complementary techniques, positron annihilation based or other.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Silicon
ta114
chemistry.chemical_element
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Coincidence
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
Positron
chemistry
Ab initio quantum chemistry methods
0103 physical sciences
Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Physics::Accelerator Physics
Atomic physics
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Doppler broadening
Positron annihilation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10980121
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bd6baa5b9f3fa8eadd8f60fea4b5dcaa