Abstract
Ab initio density-functional calculations using Gaussian orbitals are carried out on large Si and Ge supercells containing oxygen defects. The formation energies, local vibrational modes, and diffusion or reorientation energies of and are investigated. The piezospectroscopic tensors for and are also evaluated. The vibrational modes of in Si are consistent with the view that the defect has effective symmetry at low hydrostatic pressures but adopts a buckled structure for large pressures. The anomalous temperature dependence of the modes of is attributed to an increased buckling of Si-O-Si when the lattice contracts. The diffusion energy of the dimer is around 0.8 eV lower than that of in Si and 0.6 eV in Ge. The dimer is stable against or formation and the latter defect has modes close to the reported band. The reorientation energies for O and H in and defects are found to be a few tenths of an eV and are greater when the defect has trapped an electron.
- Received 20 May 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.10824
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