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Publication
Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Paper
Nickel in silicon studied by electron paramagnetic resonance
Abstract
We have investigated nickel in silicon samples with a wide range of initial doping concentrations by EPR, DLTS and photo-EPR techniques. Our results show that the two different Ni-centers which were observed previously by EPR, but whose structure could not be interpreted unambiguously, are both associated with Ni in a substitutional position. They are distinguished by their charges and by slightly different displacements from the ideal substitutional site. A model for the Nis+-center is suggested which explains the symmetry of this center.