Chroneos, A.; Bracht, H.; Jiang, C. and Uberuaga, B. P.
(2008).
Nonlinear stability of E centers in Si1-xGex: electronic structure calculations.
Physical Review B, 78(19),
p. 195201.
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Abstract
Electronic structure calculations are used to investigate the binding energies of defect pairs composed of lattice vacancies and phosphorus or arsenic atoms (E centers) in silicon-germanium alloys. To describe the local environment surrounding the E center we have generated special quasirandom structures that represent random silicon-germanium alloys. It is predicted that the stability of E centers does not vary linearly with the composition of the silicon-germanium alloy. Interestingly, we predict that the nonlinear behavior does not depend on the donor atom of the E center but only on the host lattice. The impact on diffusion properties is discussed in view of recent experimental and theoretical results.
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