E centers in ternary Si1-x-y Gex Sny random alloys

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Chroneos, A ^a   Jiang, C ^b   Grimes, R W ^a   Schwingenschlogl U ^a,c   Bracht, H ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; E-CENTER; LATTICE VACANCY; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEAREST-NEIGHBORS; RANDOM ALLOY; SPECIAL QUASIRANDOM STRUCTURES;

ARSENIC; ATOMS; CERIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GERMANIUM; SILICON; TIN; TIN ALLOYS; VACANCIES;

SILICON ALLOYS;

EID: 70349490440     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3224894     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. J. Kouvetakis, J. Menendez, and A. V. G. Chizmeshya, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 1531-7331 36, 497 (2006). 10.1146/annurev.matsci.36.090804.095159 (Pubitemid 44476836)
2. R. Roucka, J. Tolle, C. Cook, A. V. G. Chizmeshya, J. Kouvetakis, V. D'Costa, J. Menendez, and Z. D. Chen, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 86, 191912 (2005). 10.1063/1.1922078 (Pubitemid 40861094)
3. V. R. D'Costa, Y. Y. Fang, J. Tolle, J. Kouvetakis, and J. Menendez, Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 102, 107403 (2009). 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.107403
4. G. Sun, H. H. Cheng, and J. Menendez, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 90, 251105 (2007). 10.1063/1.2749844 (Pubitemid 47141170)
5. A. V. G. Chizmeshya, C. Ritter, J. Tolle, C. Cook, J. Menendez, and J. Kouvetakis, Chem. Mater. 0897-4756 18, 6266 (2006). 10.1021/cm061696j (Pubitemid 46132786)
6. M. A. Wistey, Y. Y. Fang, J. Tolle, A. V. G. Chizmeshya, and J. Kouvetakis, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 90, 082108 (2007). 10.1063/1.2437098 (Pubitemid 46310369)
7. V. R. D'Costa, C. S. Cook, A. G. Birdwell, C. L. Littler, M. Canonico, S. Zollner, J. Kouvetakis, and J. Menendez, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 73, 125207 (2006). 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.125207
8. V. R. D'Costa, J. Tolle, C. D. Poweleit, J. Kouvetakis, and J. Menendez, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 76, 035211 (2007). 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.035211
9. M. Bauer, C. Ritter, P. A. Crozier, J. Ren, J. Menendez, G. Wolf, and J. Kouvetakis, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 83, 2163 (2003). 10.1063/1.1606104
10. M. R. Bauer, C. S. Cook, P. Aella, J. Tolle, J. Kouvetakis, P. A. Crozier, A. V. G. Chizmeshya, D. J. Smith, and S. Zollner, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 83, 3489 (2003). 10.1063/1.1622435
11. K. Barnham, J. Connolly, P. Griffin, G. Haarpaintner, J. Nelson, E. Tsui, A. Zachariou, J. Osborne, C. Button, G. Hill, M. Hopkinson, M. Pate, J. Roberts, and T. Foxon, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 80, 1201 (1996). 10.1063/1.362857
12. C. Rohr, P. Abbott, I. Ballard, J. P. Connolly, K. W. J. Barnham, M. Mazzer, C. Button, L. Nasi, G. Hill, J. S. Roberts, G. Clarke, and R. Ginige, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 100, 114510 (2006). 10.1063/1.2398466 (Pubitemid 46012265)
13. U. Schwingenschlögl and C. Schuster, Eur. Phys. J. B 1434-6028 60, 409 (2007). 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00019-y
14. U. Schwingenschlögl and C. Schuster, Europhys. Lett. 81, 26001 (2008). 10.1209/0295-5075/81/26001
15. A. Chroneos, R. W. Grimes, B. P. Uberuaga, S. Brotzmann, and H. Bracht, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 91, 192106 (2007). 10.1063/1.2805773 (Pubitemid 350097885)
16. S. Brotzmann and H. Bracht, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 103, 033508 (2008). 10.1063/1.2837103 (Pubitemid 351263917)
17. A. Chroneos, H. Bracht, R. W. Grimes, and B. P. Uberuaga, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 92, 172103 (2008). 10.1063/1.2918842 (Pubitemid 351624897)
18. M. Haran, J. A. Catherwood, and P. Clancy, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 88, 173502 (2006). 10.1063/1.2198096
19. A. Chroneos, R. W. Grimes, H. Bracht, and B. P. Uberuaga, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 104, 113724 (2008). 10.1063/1.3035847
20. H. Bracht and A. Chroneos, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 104, 076108 (2008). 10.1063/1.2996284
21. M. C. Payne, M. P. Teter, D. C. Allan, T. A. Arias, and J. D. Joannopoulos, Rev. Mod. Phys. 0034-6861 64, 1045 (1992). 10.1103/RevModPhys.64. 1045
22. M. D. Segall, P. J. D. Lindan, M. J. Probert, C. J. Pickard, P. J. Hasnip, S. J. Clark, and M. C. Payne, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 0953-8984 14, 2717 (2002). 10.1088/0953-8984/14/11/301 (Pubitemid 34288361)
23. D. Vanderbilt, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 41, 7892 (1990). 10.1103/PhysRevB.41.7892
24. H. J. Monkhorst and J. D. Pack, Phys. Rev. B 13, 5188 (1976). 10.1103/PhysRevB.13.5188
25. J. Perdew, K. Burke, and M. Ernzerhof, Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 77, 3865 (1996). 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3865
26. D. Caliste, P. Pochet, T. Deutsch, and F. Laņon, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 75, 125203 (2007). 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.125203
27. A. Chroneos, R. W. Grimes, B. P. Uberuaga, and H. Bracht, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 77, 235208 (2008). 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.235208
28. A. Zunger, S. H. Wei, L. G. Ferreira, and J. E. Bernard, Phys. Rev. Lett. 0031-9007 65, 353 (1990). 10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.353
29. P. Venezuela, G. M. Dalpian, A. J. R. da Silva, and A. Fazzio, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 64, 193202 (2001). 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.193202
30. C. Jiang, C. Wolverton, J. Sofo, L. Q. Chen, and Z. K. Liu, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 69, 214202 (2004). 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.214202
31. A. Chroneos, H. Bracht, C. Jiang, B. P. Uberuaga, and R. W. Grimes, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 78, 195201 (2008). 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.195201
32. A. Chroneos, C. Jiang, R. W. Grimes, U. Schwingenschlögl, and H. Bracht, Appl. Phys. Lett. 0003-6951 94, 252104 (2009). 10.1063/1.3159468
33. L. Vegard, Z. Phys. 0044-3328 5, 17 (1921). 10.1007/BF01349680
34. S. L. Sihto, J. Slotte, J. Lento, K. Saarinen, E. V. Monakhov, A. Yu. Kuznetsov, and B. G. Svensson, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 68, 115307 (2003). 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.115307
35. P. Venezuela, G. M. Dalpian, A. J. R. da Silva, and A. Fazzio, Phys. Rev. B 0163-1829 65, 193306 (2002). 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.193306
36. A. Chroneos, B. P. Uberuaga, and R. W. Grimes, J. Appl. Phys. 0021-8979 102, 083707 (2007). 10.1063/1.2798875 (Pubitemid 350025658)