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EPR studies of the isolated negatively charged silicon vacancies in ${it n}$-type 4${it H}$- and 6${it H}$-SiC; Identification of ${it C}$$$_{3v}$$ symmetry and silicon sites

Mizuochi, Norikazu*; Yamasaki, Satoshi*; Takizawa, Haruki; Morishita, Norio; Oshima, Takeshi; Ito, Hisayoshi; Isoya, Junichi*

Isolated silicon vacancies with negative charge (V$$_{Si}$$$$^{-}$$) in 4H- and 6H-SiC were studied using EPR. The samples used in this study were irradiated with electron at 3 MeV at RT. After irradiation, the samples were annealed at 300 $$^{circ}$$C in Ar to eliminate C-related isolated vacancies. As the result of $$^{13}$$C hyperfine spectra, two kinds of V$$_{Si}$$$$^{-}$$(I) and V$$_{Si}$$$$^{-}$$(II) were distinguished and they are assigned to be arising from hexagonal and cubic sites of Si. In addition, both V$$_{Si}$$$$^{-}$$(I) and V$$_{Si}$$$$^{-}$$(II) signals have C$$_{3v}$$ symmetry, which means nearest-neighbor carbon atoms silightly distorted from a regular tetrahedron.

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