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- 1. Phys. Rev. B 77, 195204 (2008) , “Identification of antisite carbon split-interstitial defects in 4H-SiC”, J. W. Steeds, W. SullivanA rich variety of optical centers with high energy local vibrational modes has been found in electron-irradiated 4H-SiC in both the as-irradiated and annealed states. These energies have been measured and the annealing dependence of the optical centers has been investigated by low-temperature... (Read more)
- 2. Phys. Rev. B 77, 195203 (2008) , “Creation and identification of the two spin states of dicarbon antisite defects in 4H-SiC”, J. W. Steeds, W. Sullivan, S. A. Furkert, G. A. Evans, P. J. WellmannThis paper deals with the positive identification by low-temperature photoluminescence microspectroscopy of the two spin states of the dicarbon antisites in 4H-SiC. The defects are created by high-dose electron irradiation at room temperature or by subsequent exposure to intense 325 nm radiation at... (Read more)
- 3. J. Appl. Phys. 100, 033523 (2006) , “The CiCs(SiI) defect in silicon: An infrared spectroscopy study”, M. S. Potsidi and C. A. LondosInfrared (IR) spectroscopy was employed for a thorough study of the CiCs(SiI) defect formed in neutron-irradiated carbon-doped Czochralski silicon material. Its IR signals at 987 and 993 cm1, as well as the thermal evolution of the... (Read more)
- 4. Phys. Rev. B 73, 161201(R) (2006) , “Thermally stable carbon-related centers in 6H-SiC: Photoluminescence spectra and microscopic models”, A. Mattausch, M. Bockstedte, O. Pankratov, J. W. Steeds, S. Furkert, J. M. Hayes, W. Sullivan, N. G. WrightRecent ab initio calculations [Mattausch et al., Phys. Rev. B 70, 235211 (2004)] of carbon clusters in SiC reveal a possible connection between the tricarbon antisite (C3)Si and the U photoluminescence center in 6H-SiC [Evans et al., Phys. Rev. B 66, 35204... (Read more)
- 5. Phys. Rev. B 73, 033204 (2006) , “Electrical characterization of metastable carbon clusters in SiC: A theoretical study”, A. Gali, N. T. Son, E. JanznFirst-principles calculations carried out in 3C- and 4H-SiC show that small metastable carbon clusters can be created in irradiated SiC. The metastable carbon clusters possess occupation levels in the p-type as well as in the n-type 4H-SiC. Depending on the... (Read more)
- 6. Phys. Rev. B 71, 035213 (2005) , “Possibility for the electrical activation of the carbon antisite by hydrogen in SiC”, A. Gali, P. Deák, N. T. Son, and E. JanzénCalculations predict the carbon antisite to be the most abundant intrinsic defect in silicon carbide in a wide range of doping. The isolated carbon antisite is, however, optically and electronically inactive, therefore, difficult to observe by usual experimental techniques. However, CSi... (Read more)
- 7. Phys. Rev. B 70, 235211 (2004) , “Structure and vibrational spectra of carbon clusters in SiC”, Alexander Mattausch, Michel Bockstedte, and Oleg PankratovThe electronic, structural, and vibrational properties of small carbon interstitial and antisite clusters are investigated by ab initio methods in 3C- and 4H-SiC. The defects possess sizable dissociation energies and may be formed via condensation of carbon interstitials, e.g.,... (Read more)
- 8. Phys. Rev. B 70, 195344 (2004) , “Ab initio study of structural and electronic properties of planar defects in Si and SiC”, C. Raffy, J. Furthmüller, J.-M. Wagner, and F. BechstedtWe present ab initio calculations for internal interfaces in Si and SiC. Density-functional calculations within the local-density approximation and the pseudopotential-plane-wave approach are performed to understand the effect of such two-dimensional defects on the electronic properties. We... (Read more)
- 9. Phys. Rev. B 70, 115203 (2004) , “Different roles of carbon and silicon interstitials in the interstitial-mediated boron diffusion in SiC”, Michel Bockstedte, Alexander Mattausch, and Oleg PankratovThe interstitial and vacancy mediated boron diffusion in silicon carbide is investigated with an ab initio method. The boron interstitials in p-type and n-type materials are found to be far more mobile than the boron-vacancy complexes. A kick-out mechanism and an interstitialcy... (Read more)
- 10. Phys. Rev. B 69, 245205 (2004) , “Atomistic study of intrinsic defect migration in 3C-SiC”, Fei Gao, William J. Weber, M. Posselt, and V. BelkoAtomic-scale computer simulations, both molecular dynamics (MD) and the nudged-elastic band methods, have been applied to investigate long-range migration of point defects in cubic SiC (3C-SiC) over the temperature range from 0.36Tm to 0.95Tm (melting... (Read more)
- 11. Phys. Rev. B 69, 235202 (2004) , “Ab initio study of the annealing of vacancies and interstitials in cubic SiC: Vacancy-interstitial recombination and aggregation of carbon interstitials”, Michel Bockstedte, Alexander Mattausch, and Oleg PankratovThe annealing kinetics of mobile intrinsic defects in cubic SiC is investigated by an ab initio method based on density-functional theory. The interstitial-vacancy recombination, the diffusion of vacancies, and interstitials to defect sinks (e.g., surfaces or dislocations) as well as the... (Read more)
- 12. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 125504 (2004) , “Low Energy Electron Irradiation Induced Deep Level Defects in 6H–SiC: The Implication for the Microstructure of the Deep Levels E1/E2”, X. D. Chen, C. L. Yang, M. Gong, W. K. Ge, S. Fung, C. D. Beling, J. N. Wang, M. K. Lui, and C. C. LingN-type 6HSiC samples irradiated with electrons having energies of Ee = 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, and 1.7 were studied by deep level transient technique. No deep level was detected at below 0.2 MeV irradiation energy while for Ee0.3 MeV,... (Read more)
- 13. Phys. Rev. B 68, 205201 (2003) , “Ab initio study of the migration of intrinsic defects in 3C-SiC”, Michel Bockstedte, Alexander Mattausch, and Oleg PankratovThe diffusion of intrinsic defects in 3C-SiC is studied using an ab initio method based on density functional theory. The vacancies are shown to migrate on their own sublattice. The carbon split-interstitials and the two relevant silicon interstitials, namely the tetrahedrally... (Read more)
- 14. Phys. Rev. B 68, 125201 (2003) , “Aggregation of carbon interstitials in silicon carbide: A theoretical study”, A. Gali, P. Deák, P. Ordejón, N. T. Son, E. Janzén, and W. J. ChoykeAb initio supercell calculations have been carried out to investigate clusters of carbon interstitials in 3C- and 4H-SiC. Based on the calculated formation energies, the complex formation of carbon interstitials or their aggregation to carbon antisites is energetically favored... (Read more)
- 15. Phys. Rev. B 67, 205202 (2003) , “Formation and annealing of nitrogen-related complexes in SiC”, U. Gerstmann, E. Rauls, Th. Frauenheim, and H. OverhofWe propose a mechanism for the annealing of vacancy-related defects in SiC, based on ab initio total energy calculations. Our mechanism is based on the formation and migration of carbon and nitrogen split interstitials resulting in CSi(NC)n or... (Read more)
- 16. Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 225502 (2003) , “Z1/Z2 Defects in 4H–SiC”, T. A. G. Eberlein, R. Jones, P. R. BriddonFirst-principles calculations are carried out on models for the Z1/Z2 defects in 4HSiC which are found in as-grown and irradiated n-type material. We show that an interstitial-nitrogeninterstitial-carbon defect is exceptionally thermally stable,... (Read more)
- 17. Phys. Rev. B 66, 024106 (2002) , “Cascade overlap and amorphization in 3C-SiC: Defect accumulation, topological features, and disordering”, F. Gao and W. J. WeberMolecular dynamics (MD) simulations with a modified Tersoff potential have been used to investigate cascade overlap, damage accumulation, and amorphization processes in 3C-SiC over dose levels comparable to experimental conditions. A large number of 10 keV displacement cascades were randomly... (Read more)
- 18. Phys. Rev. B 65, 184108 (2002) , “Alphabet luminescence lines in 4H-SiC”, T. A. G. Eberlein, C. J. Fall, R. Jones, P. R. Briddon, S. ÖbergFirst-principles density functional calculations are used to investigate antisite pairs in 4H-SiC. We show that they are likely to be formed in close proximity under ionizing conditions, and they possess a donor level and thermal stability consistent with the series of 40 photoluminescent lines... (Read more)
- 19. Phys. Rev. B 64, 245208 (2001) , “Ab initio and empirical-potential studies of defect properties in 3C-SiC”, Fei Gao, Eric J. Bylaska, William J. Weber, L. René CorralesDensity functional theory (DFT) is used to study the formation and properties of native defects in 3C-SiC. Extensive calculations have been carried out to determine the formation of point defects and the stability of self-interstitials. Although there is good agreement in the formation of vacancies... (Read more)
- 20. Phys. Rev. B 63, 245202 (2001) , “Ab initio density-functional supercell calculations of hydrogen defects in cubic SiC”, B. Aradi, A. Gali, P. Deák, J. E. Lowther, N. T. Son, E. Janzén, W. J. ChoykeBased on ab initio density-functional calculations in supercells of 3C-SiC, the stable configurations of hydrogen and dihydrogen defects have been established. The calculated formation energies are used to give semiquantitative estimates for the concentration of hydrogen in SiC after chemical vapor... (Read more)
- 21. Phys. Rev. B 58, 9845 (1998) , “Theory of Carbon-Carbon Pairs in Silicon”, R. B. Capaz, A. Dal Pino, Jr., J. D. Joannopoulos.Interstitial-substitutional carbon pairs (CiCs) in silicon display interesting metastable behavior associated with two different structural configurations. In this work, we perform extensive ab initio calculations on this system. Our results show the following. (i) The... (Read more)
- 22. phys. stat. sol. (a) 168, 73 (1998) , “Self-Interstitials in Silicon Irradiated with Light Ions”, B. N. Mukashev, Kh. A. Abdullin, Yu. V. Gorelkinskii.The behavior of self-interstitials in silicon which was irradiated with light ions (protons and -particles) and electrons was explored by monitoring known impurity interstitial centers (Ci, Ali, (Si-O)i) with deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and electron... (Read more)
- 23. Phys. Rev. B 55, 2188-2194 (1997) , “Dynamic Properties of Interstitial Carbon and Carbon-Carbon Pair Defects in Silicon”, P. Leary, R. Jones, S. Öberg, V. J. B. Torres.Interstitial carbon, Ci, defects in Si exhibit a number of unexplained features. The Ci defect in the neutral charge state gives rise to two almost degenerate vibrational modes at 920 and 931 cm-1 whose 2:1 absorption intensity ratio naturally suggests a trigonal... (Read more)
- 24. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 32, L1715 (1993) , “Carbon-Induced Rapid Annihilation of Thermal Double Donors in Czochralski Silicon Studied by Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy ”, Yoichi Kamiura*1, Yutaka Uno*2 and Fumio HashimotoCarbon-rich Czochralski Si shows anomalously rapid annihilation for all the species of thermal double donors at 470°C in two stages, which have good time correlations with the decrease of substitutional carbon density and also with the formation of two kinds of carbon-related new donors which... (Read more)
- 25. Phys. Rev. B 47, 6363-6380 (1993) , “Electron paramagnetic resonance of multistable interstitial-carbonsubstitutional-group-V-atom pairs in silicon”, X. D. Zhan, G. D. WatkinsA total of five new electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) centers are observed in electron-irradiated P-, As-, and Sb-doped silicon. Three are identified as arising from the neutral charge state of the stable configuration and two of the four metastable configurations of an... (Read more)
- 26. Phys. Rev. B 42, 5765 (1990) , “Bistable interstitial-carbonsubstitutional-carbon pair in silicon”, L. W. Song, X. D. Zhan, B. W. Benson, and G. D. WatkinsA bistable interstitial-carbon–substitutional-carbon pair has been identified in electron-irradiated silicon by a combination of several spectroscopic experimental techniques. In the positive and negative charge states, the stable configuration of the defect involves a carbon-silicon ‘‘molecule’’... (Read more)
- 27. Phys. Rev. B 42, 5759 (1990) , “EPR Identification of the Single-Acceptor State of Interstitial Carbon in Silicon”, L. W. Song and G. D. WatkinsAn EPR center labeled Si-L6 is reported which is identified as arising from the singly ionized acceptor state of isolated interstitial carbon (Ci-) in electron-irradiated crystalline silicon. Correlated deep-level capacitance transient spectroscopy measurements locate the... (Read more)
- 28. Phys. Rev. B 38, 12752(R) (1988) , “Formation energies, abundances, and the electronic structure of native defects in cubic SiC”, C. Wang, J. Bernholc, R. F. DavisThe relative abundance of native point defects in cubic SiC has been studied via ab initio calculations as a function of composition and the Fermi-level position. For Si-rich cubic SiC, the SiC antisite is the dominant defect in n-type material, while the carbon vacancy, which is a double... (Read more)
- 29. Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 460 (1988) , “Bistable Defect in Silicon: The Interstitial-Carbon-Substitutional-Carbon Pair”, L. W. Song, X. D. Zhan, B. W. Benson, G. D. Watkins.By combining several spectroscopic techniques, we have observed a new type of bistable center in electron-irradiated silicon and have identified it as an interstitial-carbon–substitutional-carbon pair. The positive and negative charge states of the defect share a common stable configuration which... (Read more)
- 30. Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 1329 (1976) , “EPR Observation of the Isolated Interstitial Carbon Atom in Silicon ”, G. D. Watkins and K. L. BrowerAn EPR spectrum, labeled Si-G12, is identified as arising from an isolated interstitial carbon atom in silicon. A ?100? C-Si interstitialcy model is suggested for the defect in which a silicon and carbon atom pair partially share single substitutional site. Because carbon is isoelectronic with... (Read more)
- 31. Phys. Rev. B 9, 2607 (1974) , “EPR of a Jahn-Teller distorted (111) carbon interstitialcy in irradiated silicon”, K. L. Brower.An electron-paramagnetic-resonance (EPR) study of irradiated, p-type silicon doped with carbon enriched with 13C has revealed that the Si-G 11 spectrum possesses a 13C hyperfine structure. Owing to the complexity and lack of resolution in the observed spectrum, we found it... (Read more)
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