Quantitative relevance of substitutional impurities to carrier dynamics in diamond

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Title: Quantitative relevance of substitutional impurities to carrier dynamics in diamond
Authors: Shimomura, Takaaki, Kubo, Yoshiki, Barjon, Julien, Tokuda, Norio, Akimoto, Ikuko, Naka, Nobuko
Source: Phys. Rev. Materials 2, 094601 (2018)
Publication Year: 2018
Collection: Condensed Matter
Subject Terms: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
More Details: We have quantified substitutional impurity concentrations in synthetic diamond crystals down to sub parts-per-billion levels. The capture lifetimes of electrons and excitons injected by photoexcitation were compared for several samples with different impurity concentrations. Based on the assessed impurity concentrations, we have determined the capture cross section of electrons to boron impurity, sA=1.3x10^-14 cm2, and that of excitons to nitrogen impurity, sD^ex=3.1x10^-14 cm2. The general tendency of the mobility values for different carrier species is successfully reproduced by including carrier scattering by impurities and by excitons.
Document Type: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.094601
Access URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1805.10117
Accession Number: edsarx.1805.10117
Database: arXiv
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DOI:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.094601