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Local vibrational modes of isolated hydrogen in germanium
M Budde1, Bech Nielsen B, Parks Cheney C
1Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
Physical Review Letters
|September 27, 2000
Abstract:
Two distinct isolated hydrogen defects are observed in crystalline Ge by in situ infrared absorption spectroscopy. Implantation of protons into Ge at cryogenic temperatures gives rise to two intense absorption lines at 745 and 1794 cm(-1). The lines originate from distinct defects, each of which contains one H atom located on a <111> axis. The 1794-cm(-1) line is assigned to bond center H in the positive charge state, whereas the 745-cm(-1) line is ascribed to negatively charged H located on a <111> axis close to the tetrahedral site.