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A DFT calculation of EPR parameters of a germanium-vacancy defect in diamond. / Komarovskikh, Andrey; Dmitriev, Alexey; Nadolinny, Vladimir et al.
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T1 - A DFT calculation of EPR parameters of a germanium-vacancy defect in diamond
AU - Komarovskikh, Andrey
AU - Dmitriev, Alexey
AU - Nadolinny, Vladimir
AU - Palyanov, Yuri
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - The work is devoted to the investigation of a paramagnetic germanium-vacancy defect in diamond using the density functional theory (DFT) cluster method. The structure and electronic properties of the defect were analyzed. Particular attention was paid to spin-Hamiltonian parameters. The symmetry, g-tensor, hyperfine interaction constants, and zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameter obtained were compared with the previously published experimental data. We found that the neutral germanium split-vacancy defect (S = 1) was consistent with the experimental results. The observed large value of the ZFS parameter D can be explained by the spin-orbit coupling contribution. The computational approach was also examined on the well-studied neutral silicon-vacancy paramagnetic center (S = 1), giving the reasonable agreement with the experimental parameters.
AB - The work is devoted to the investigation of a paramagnetic germanium-vacancy defect in diamond using the density functional theory (DFT) cluster method. The structure and electronic properties of the defect were analyzed. Particular attention was paid to spin-Hamiltonian parameters. The symmetry, g-tensor, hyperfine interaction constants, and zero-field splitting (ZFS) parameter obtained were compared with the previously published experimental data. We found that the neutral germanium split-vacancy defect (S = 1) was consistent with the experimental results. The observed large value of the ZFS parameter D can be explained by the spin-orbit coupling contribution. The computational approach was also examined on the well-studied neutral silicon-vacancy paramagnetic center (S = 1), giving the reasonable agreement with the experimental parameters.
KW - Defect characterization
KW - Density functional theory
KW - Diamond
KW - Electron paramagnetic resonance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018305167&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.diamond.2017.04.013
DO - 10.1016/j.diamond.2017.04.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018305167
VL - 76
SP - 86
EP - 89
JO - Diamond and Related Materials
JF - Diamond and Related Materials
SN - 0925-9635
ER -
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