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First principles calculations carried out on GaP containing sulfur donors 32SP (95%) and 34SP (5%) show that both the neutral and ionized donors are located on substitutional sites and have weak S-Ga bonds. For the sulfur impurity in its positive charge state the calculations give gap modes for 32S and 34S at frequencies close to those found experimentally. Modes within the gap are also predicted for neutral sulfur at frequencies within a few cm-1 of their charged-state counterparts. However, the So donor has a very low apparent charge (i.e. oscillator strength), its calculated integrated absorption cross section being only ∼3% of that for the SP+ defect. These results support an earlier explanation of the failure to detect gap modes from So in infrared measurements. Calculated and observed apparent charges for the SP+ donor are compared, and the importance of taking due account of the different geometries that apply to the theoretical calculations and infrared experiments is emphasized.
Author(s): Leigh RS, Sangster MJL, Newman RC, Goss JP, Jones R, Torres VJB, Oberg S, Briddon PR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Year: 2003
Volume: 68
Issue: 3
Pages: 333041-333044
ISSN (print): 0163-1829
ISSN (electronic): 1550-235X
Publisher: American Physical Society
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.033304
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.033304
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