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Phys. Rev. B 66, 113203 (2002) [3 pages]

Symmetry of the hydrogen-vacancy-like defect H1 in diamond

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K. Iakoubovskii* and A. Stesmans
Department of Physics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

K. Suzuki
Toplas Engineering Co., Ltd., 1-9-9 Nishi-Tsutsujigaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-0006, Japan

A. Sawabe and T. Yamada
Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Aoyama-Gakuin University, 6-16-1 Chitosedai, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157, Japan

Received 5 June 2002; published 26 September 2002

The H1 center has been characterized by electron spin resonance in monocrystalline diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition. The results are consistent with the model of one hydrogen atom trapped at a neutral vacancy-like defect of (nearly) trigonal symmetry.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.113203
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.66.113203
PACS:
76.30.Mi, 68.55.Ln

*Electronic address: kostya.iak@fys.kuleuven.ac.be