Scientific papers presenting results obtained with a use of the Laplace DLTS technique

Silicon   Germanium   Silicon-Germanium   III-V materials   II-VI materials   Nanostructures and interfaces

The technique

 “Laplace-transform deep-level spectroscopy: the technique and its applications to the study of point defects in semiconductors”, L. Dobaczewski, A. R. Peaker, and K. Bonde Nielsen, J. Appl. Phys. (Applied Physics Reviews), 96, 4689 (2004). PDF (900kB)

"Fine Structure Observed in the Thermal Emission Process for Defects in Semiconductors", L. Dobaczewski and M. Surma, Proceedings of the VI Defect Recognition and Image Processing Conference, Boulder, 1995, (invited talk), Institute of Physics Conference Series № 149, p313. (1996)

"Laplace transform deep level transient spectroscopy: a new insight into defect microscopy" L. Dobaczewski, I. D. Hawkins, and A. R. Peaker, 1st Int. Conf. on Materials for Microelectronics, Barcelona, 1994, Material Science and Technology vol 11, p1071 (1995).

"A High Resolution Method for the Analysis of Admittance Spectroscopy Data" D. Maier, P.Hug, M.Fiederle, C.Eiche, D.Ebling, and J. Weese J. Appl. Phys. vol77, p3851-3857 (1995).

"Laplace transform spectroscopic studies of defects in semiconductors", L. Dobaczewski, P. Kaczor, I.D. Hawkins, and A.R. Peaker, J. Appl. Phys. vol 76, p194 (1994) , PDF (730kB)

"Comment on Inverse Problems for the nonexponential deep level transient spectroscopy analysis in semiconductor materials with strong disorder: Theoretical and computational aspects" C.Eiche, D.Maier, J. Weese, J. Honerkamp, and K.W.Benz, [J.Appl.Phys. vol74, 291 (1993)]; J. Appl. Phys. vol75 p1242 (1994).

"A regularisation method for nonlinear ill-posed problems" J. Weese, Comp. Phys. Comm. vol 77, p429-440 (1993).

"Analysis of photoinduced current transient spectroscopy (PICTS) data by a regularisation method ", C.Eiche, D.Maier, M.Schneider, D.Sinerius, J.Weese, K.W.Benz, and J. Honerkamp, J.Phys. Condens. Matter vol 4, p6131-6140 (1992)

"Tikhonovs regularisation method for ill-posed problems", J.Honerkamp and J. Weese, Continuum Mech. Thermodyn.vol 2 p17-30 (1990).

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Silicon

“The E-centre in silicon has a donor level in the band gap”, A. Nylandsted Larsen, A. Mesli, K. Bonde Nielsen, and H. Kortegaard Nielsen, L. Dobaczewski,  J. Adey,  D. W. Palmer, R. Jones, P. R. Briddon, S. Öberg, Phys. Rev. Lett, 97, 106402 (2006). DOI link

 

“Electrical activity of PtH2 complex in silicon: High-resolution Laplace deep-level spectroscopy and uniaxial-stress technique”, Vl. Kolkovsky, O. Andersen, L. Dobaczewski, A. R. Peaker, and K. Bonde Nielsen, Phys. Rev. B, 73, 195209 (2006). DOI link

 

 “Effect of stress on the acceptor level of the vacancy-oxygen-hydrogen complex in Si”, J. Coutinho, O. Andersen, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, A. R. Peaker, R. Jones, S. Öberg, and P. R. Briddon Phys. Rev. B, 68, 184106 (2003). DOI link

 

“The electrical activity of the carbon - hydrogen center in Si”, O. Andersen, L. Dobaczewski, A. R. Peaker, K. Bonde Nielsen, B. Hourahine, R. Jones, P. R. Briddon, and S. Oberg, Phys. Rev. B, 66, 235205, (2002). DOI link

“Saddle point for oxygen re-orientation in the vicinity of a silicon vacancy”, L. Dobaczewski, O. Andersen, L. Rubaldo, K. Gościński, V. P. Markevich, A. R. Peaker, and K. Bonde Nielsen, Phys. Rev. B, 67, 195204 (2003) , PDF (100kB)

“Acceptor state of monatomic hydrogen in silicon and the role of oxygen”, K. Bonde Nielsen, L. Dobaczewski, S. Søgård, and B. Bech Nielsen, Phys. Rev. B, 65, 075205, (2002), PDF (90kB)

Piezoscopic deep level transient spectroscopy studies of the silicon divacancy”, L. Dobaczewski, K. Gościński, Z. R. Żytkiewicz, K. Bonde Nielsen, L. Rubaldo, O. Andersen, and A. R. Peaker, Phys. Rev. B 65, 113203, (2002)

“Defect reconfiguration as a precursor for diffusion”, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, O. Andersen, L. Rubaldo, K. Gościński, and A. R. Peaker, in Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Osaka 2000, edited by N. Miura and T. Ando (Springer Proceedings in Physics, New York, 2001), p. 1427.

“Electronic Levels of Isolated and Oxygen-Perturbed Hydrogen in Silicon and Migration of Hydrogen”, K. Bonde Nielsen, L. Dobaczewski, S. Søgård, and B. Bech Nielsen, 21st Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Giessen, Physica B (invited talk) 308-310, 134 (2001)

Piezospectroscopic analysis of the hydrogen - carbon complexes in silicon”, O. Andersen, L. Dobaczewski, A. R. Peaker, K. Bonde Nielsen, B. Hourahine, R. Jones, P. R. Briddon, and S. Ö berg, 21st Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Giessen, Physica B, 308-310, 139 (2001)

“Hydrogen Reactions with Electron Irradiation Damage in Silicon”, A. R. Peaker, J. H. Evans-Freeman, L. Rubaldo, I. D. Hawkins, K. Vernon-Parry, and L. Dobaczewski 20th Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Berkeley, 1999, Physica B 273-274, 243 (1999).

“Deep Levels Associated with vacancy-hydrogen complexes investigated by Laplace transform DLTS” K. Bonde Nielsen, L. Dobaczewski, K. Goscinski, R. Bendensen, and B. Bech Nielsen 20th Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Berkeley, 1999, Physica B 273-274, 167 (1999)

“Laplace transform deep level transient spectroscopy studies of the G4 gold-hydrogen complex in silicon”, P. Deixler, J. Terry, I. D. Hawkins, J. H. Evans-Freeman, A. R. Peaker, L. Rubaldo, D. K. Maude, J.-C. Portal, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, A. Nylandsted Larsen, and A. Mesli,  Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 3126 (1998).

“Tracing Diffusion by Laplace Deep-Level Spectroscopy” K. Bonde Nielsen and L. Dobaczewski, 19th Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Avairo, 1997 Materials Science Forum, 258-263, 331.

"High-Resolution DLTS studies of Transition Metal-Related Defects in Silicon", L. Dobaczewski, P. Kaminski, R. Kozowski, and M. Surma, 18th Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Sendai (invited talk) Materials Science Forum, Vols 196-201, p. 669. (1996)

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Silicon-germanium alloys

„Alloy shift of “no-germanium” iron-related electronic levels in unstrained silicon-germanium alloys”, P. Kruszewski, Vl. Kolkovsky, A. Mesli, L. Dobaczewski, N. V. Abrosimov, V. P. Markevich, and A. R. Peaker, Phys. Rev. B 76, 233203 (2007), DOI link.

 

Iron-aluminium pair reconfiguration processes in SiGe alloys”, P. Kruszewski, A. Mesli, L. Dobaczewski, N. V. Abrosimov, V. P. Markevich, and A. R. Peaker, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 18, 759 (2007). DOI link

 

“Interaction of iron with the local environment in SiGe alloys”, Vl. Kolkovsky, A. Mesli, L. Dobaczewski, N. V. Abrosimov, Z. R. Zytkiewicz, and A. R. Peaker, Phys. Rev B. 74, 195204 (2006). DOI link

 

 “The vacancy donor pair in unstrained silicon, germanium and SiGe alloys”, A. R. Peaker, V. P Markevich, F. D. Auret, L. Dobaczewski, and N. V. Abrosimov, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 17, S2293 (2005)

 

 “Structure and properties of vacancy-oxygen complexes in SiGe alloys”,  V. P. Markevich, A. R. Peaker, J. Coutinho, R. Jones, V. J. B. Torres, S. Öberg, P. R. Briddon, L. Dobaczewski, and N. V. Abrosimov, Phys. Rev. B, 69, 125218 (2004)

“Bond-centered hydrogen in SiGe alloys”, K. Bonde Nielsen, L. Dobaczewski, and A. R. Peaker, Phys. Rev. B, 68, 045204 (2003), PDF (120kB)

“High-resolution DLTS studies of gold and platinum acceptor states in diluted SiGe alloys”, K. Gościński, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, A. Nylandsted Larsen, and A. R. Peaker, Phys. Rev. B, 63, 235309 (2001).

“Site preference next to germanium atom of gold and platinum impurities in SiGe alloy” L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, K. Gościński, A. R. Peaker, and A. Nylandsted Larsen 20th Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Berkeley, 1999, Physica B 273-274, 620 (1999)

“Alloy splitting of platinum and gold related levels in SiGe” L. Dobaczewski, K. Gościński, K. Bonde Nielsen, A. Nylandsted Larsen, J. Lundsgaard Hansen, and A. R. Peaker, Phys. Rev. Lett., 83, 4582 (1999)

“Site preference next to germanium atom of gold and platinum impurities in SiGe alloy”, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, K. Gościński, A. R. Peaker, and A. Nylandsted Larsen, 20th Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Berkeley, Physica B 273-274, 620 (1999)

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Germanium

“Low-temperature irradiation-induced defects in germanium: In-situ analysis”, A. Mesli, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, Vl. Kolkovsky, M. Christian Petersen, and A. Nylandsted Larsen, Phys. Rev. B, 78, 165202 (2008). DOI link

 

 “The antimony-vacancy defect in p-type germanium”, C. E. Lindberg, J. Lundsgaard Hansen, P. Bomholt, A. Mesli, K. Bonde Nielsen, A. Nylandsted Larsen, and L. Dobaczewski, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 172103 (2005). DOI link

 

 “Vacancy – donor atom pairs in Ge crystals doped with P, As, Sb, and Bi”, V. P. Markevich, I. D. Hawkins, A. R. Peaker, K. V. Emtsev, V. V. Emtsev, V. V. Litvinov, L. I. Murin, and L. Dobaczewski, Phys. Rev. B, 70, 235213, (2004). DOI link

 

 “Donor Level of Bond-Center Hydrogen in Germanium”, L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, N. Zangenberg, B. Bech Nielsen, A. R. Peaker, and V. Markevich, Phys. Rev. B, 69, 245207 (2004), PDF (70kB)

“Radiation-induced defects and their transformations in oxygen-rich germanium crystals”, V. P. Markevich, V. V. Litvinov, L. Dobaczewski, J. L. Lindström, L. I. Murin, and A. R. Peaker, phys. stat. solidi c, 0, 703 (2003)

“Electronic properties of vacancy-oxygen complex in Ge crystals”, V. P. Markevich, I. D. Hawkins, A. R. Peaker, V. V. Litvinov, L. I. Murin, L. Dobaczewski, and J. L. Lindström, Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 1821, 2002.

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III-V compounds

„Negative-U property of interstitial hydrogen in GaAs“, Vl. Kolkovsky, K. Bonde Nielsen, and A. Nylandsted Larsen, and L. Dobaczewski, Phys. Rev. B, 78, 035211 (2008). DOI link

 

“Donor level of interstitial hydrogen in GaAs” L. Dobaczewski, K. Bonde Nielsen, A. Nylandsted Larsen, and A. R. Peaker, Physica B, 376–377, 614 (2006). DOI link

"Structure of the DX state in (Al,Ga)As and Ga(As,P)", L. Dobaczewski, P. Kaczor, M. Missous, A. R. Peaker, and Z. R. Zytkiewicz, J. Appl. Phys. vol 78, 2468 (1995), PDF (1300kB)

"Fine structure observed in thermal emission process for the EL2 defect in GaAs", L. Dobaczewski, P. Kaczor, and A. R. Peaker 17th International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Gmunden, Austria p. 1001. (1993)

"Investigation of Deep Levels in X-Ray Detector Materials with Photo Induced Current Spectroscopy", C.Eiche, M. Fiederle, J.Weese, D. Maier, D.Ebling, and K.W.Benz, Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings Pittsburgh Pennsylvenia vol 302, p 231-236 (April 1993).

"Analysis of deep level in GaAs detector diodes using impedance spectroscopy", C.Eiche, M.Fiederle, J.Weese, D.Maier, D.Ebling, J.Ludwig, and K.W.Benz, Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings; Pittsburgh Pennsylvenia vol 302, p 375-379 (April 1993).

"Evidence for substitutional - interstitial defect motion leading to DX behavior by donors in AlGaAs", L. Dobaczewski, P. Kaczor, M.Missous, A. R. Peaker, and Z. R. Zytkiewicz, Phys. Rev. Lett. vol 68, 2508 (1992).

"Formation of the DX state by donors in AlGaAs: experiment" L. Dobaczewski, P. Kaczor, M. Missous, Z. R. Zytkiewicz, D. Dobosz, and A. R. Peaker, 21th International School on Physics of Semiconducting Compounds, Jaszowiec 1992, Poland, Acta Phys. Pol. vol 82, 905, (1992).

"Microscopic mechanism of the DX state formation by donors in AlGaAs" , L. Dobaczewski, P. Kaczor, M. Missous, A. R. Peaker, and Z. R. Zytkiewicz, 21st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Beijing, China, World Scientific, Singapore p.1557 (1992)

"Laplace transform DLTS studies of the DX centers in AlGaAs and GaSb", L. Dobaczewski, I. D.Hawkins, P. Kaczor, M. Missous, I. Poole and A.R. Peaker, 16th International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, ed. G. Davies, G. G. DeLeo, M. Stavola, Bethlehem 1991, Materials Science Forum Vol 83-87, p.769

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II-VI compounds

"DX centers in CdTe:In layers grown by MBE", A. K. Zakrzewski, L. Dobaczewski, T. Wojtowicz, J. Kossut, and G. Karczewski, Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Eds M. Scheffler and R. Zimmermann, (World Scientific, Singapore, 1996), p. 3005.

 “Analysis of Photoinduced Transient Spectroscopy (PICTS) Data by a Regularisation Method: Application to Compensation Defects in CdTe," C.Eiche, D.Maier, J.Weese, and K.W.Benz, Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics vol3, p269-274 (1994).

"Investigation of compensation defects in CdTe:Cl samples grown by different techniques" C.Eiche, D.Maier, D.Sinerius, J.Weese, K.W.Benz, and J.Honerkamp, J. Appl. Phys. 74, 6667 (1993)

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Nanostructures and interfaces

“Energy-state distributions of the Pb centers at the (100), (110), and (111) Si/SiO2 interfaces investigated by Laplace Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy”, L. Dobaczewski, S. Bernardini, P. Kruszewski, P. K. Hurley, V. P. Markevich, I. D. Hawkins, and A. R. Peaker, Appl. Phys. Lett, 92, 242104 (2008) DOI link

 

“Electron- and hole-related electrical activity of InAs/GaAs quantum dots”, P. Kruszewski, L. Dobaczewski, V. P. Markevich, C Mitchell, M. Missous, and A. R. Peaker, Physica B, 401–402, 580 (2007) DOI link.

 

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