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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 15(97), p. 151914

DOI: 10.1063/1.3501123

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Diluted manganese on the bond-centered site in germanium

Journal article published in 2010 by S. Decoster, Stefaan Cottenier, U. Wahl ORCID, Jg G. Correia, Lmc M. C. Pereira ORCID, C. Lacasta, Mr R. Da Silva ORCID, A. Vantomme
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Abstract

The functional properties of Mn-doped Ge depend to large extent on the lattice location of the Mn impurities. Here, we present a lattice location study of implanted diluted Mn by means of electron emission channeling. Surprisingly, in addition to the expected substitutional lattice position, a large fraction of the Mn impurities occupies the bond-centered site. Corroborated by ab initio calculations, the bond-centered Mn is related to Mn-vacancy complexes. These unexpected results call for a reassessment of the theoretical studies on the electrical and magnetic behavior of Mn-doped Ge, hereby including the possible role of Mn-vacancy complexes.