An electron-paramagnetic resonance (EPR) study of proton-irradiated silicon has revealed two new EPR spectra labeled Si-AA13 and Si-AA14. Spectrum AA13 has C3v symmetry (g = 1.9985 and g = 2.0024 ± 0.0002), AA14 C1 symmetry. These spectra correspond to positive (B+) and negative (B−)... (Read more)

A new metastable complex in monocrystalline silicon irradiated at with protons has been studied. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) Si-AA13 ( symmetry) and Si-AA14 ( symmetry) spectra as well as the known Si-A18 spectrum originate from different molecular configurations of the complex. A... (Read more)

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In electron-irradiated boron-doped silicon the electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum Si-G10 has been studied. Earlier this spectrum had tentatively been identified with a boron-vacancy complex in a next-nearest-neighbor configuration. With electron-nuclear double resonance the hyperfine and... (Read more)

Investigation of the defect formation in heavily doped silicon irradiated by high dose of electrons have led to the discovery of new types of defects /1, 2/. The present note is the next one of this series. A new centre is investigated in p-type silicon irradiated by neutrons. (Read more)

A new S = 1/2 EPR spectrum, labeled Si-AA2, arises from a negative-charge-state defect which has a low symmetry(C1). It is produced in crystalline silicon by hydrogen implantation at ≈20°C followed by annealing at ≈580°C and disappears completely at 700°C. The kinetics... (Read more)

Lightly doped silicon crystals were investigated experimentally by the electron paramagnetic resonance method. Paramagnetic centers, generated during plastic deformation of these crystals, were detected. The concentration of these centers increased monotonically with increasing degree of deformation. The EPR spectrum of these centers was anisotropic and had a partially resolved fine structure. The centers werestrongly annealed only at temperature T ≧ 600ºC and the activation energy of the annealing process was ～2 eV. It was concluded that these centers were due to electrons of broken bonds in the cores of dislocations with edge components.