Structure and vibrational spectra of carbon clusters in SiC

Details Structure and vibrational spectra of carbon clusters in SiC Structure and vibrational spectra of carbon clusters in SiC

2004-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409318v1

Phys. Rev. B, 70 (2004) 235211

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

15 pages, 6 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.70.235211

The electronic, structural and vibrational properties of small carbon interstitial and antisite clusters are investigated by ab initio methods in 3C and 4H-SiC. The defects possess sizable dissociation energies and may be formed via condensation of carbon interstitials, e.g. generated in the course of ion implantation. All considered defect complexes possess localized vibrational modes (LVM's) well above the SiC bulk phonon spectrum. In particular, the compact antisite clusters exhibit high-frequency LVM's up to 250meV. The isotope shifts resulting from a_{13}C enrichment are analyzed. In the light of these results, the photoluminescence centers D_{II} and P-U are discussed. The dicarbon antisite is identified as a plausible key ingredient of the D_{II}-center, whereas the carbon split-interstitial is a likely origin of the P-T centers. The comparison of the calculated and observed high-frequency modes suggests that the U-center is also a carbon-antisite based defect.

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