Iron-Boron Pair in Silicon: Old Problem Anew |
| L. Dobaczewski and M. Surma Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland |
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| For the iron-boron pair in the p-type silicon two different configurations of the defect are observed: stable and metastable. The reported metastable configuration is the first step in a dissociation process of the stable, i.e. of trigonal symmetry, configuration of the pair. Rate equations for the two-step iron-boron pair dissociation allowed us to evaluate the dissociation rates for both configurations of the pair. The driving force for the creation and, then, dissociation of the metastable pair is the minority carrier injection followed by the electron-hole recombination process in the space charge region. A use of the high-resolution Laplace-transform deep level transient spectroscopy allowed us to demonstrate for both of the configurations the influence of the magnetic field on the hole emission. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.90.613 PACS numbers: 68.55.Ln, 71.55.Cn, 73.40.Lq |