Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 48, Number 4, November II 1999
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Page(s) | 403 - 409 | |
Section | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00497-y | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Tunneling states in tetrahedrally bonded amorphous semiconductors
Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Received:
10
May
1999
Accepted:
20
September
1999
Using molecular dynamics, we construct a structural model of amorphous silicon which produces well-relaxed and long-lasting structures with radial distribution functions that agree well with experimental results. The model produces a sufficient number of double-well potentials with low asymmetries, enabling a structurally-explicit microscopic portrayal of tunneling states in covalently bonded amorphous systems. A new structural characterization method is used to identify the possible origin of the tunneling states in amorphous silicon. Based on the study of the short-range order, we suggest that the tunneling states in amorphous silicon are predominantly associated with dangling bonds.
PACS: 61.43.Dq – Amorphous semiconductors, metals, and alloys / 61.43.Bn – Structural modeling: serial-addition models, computer simulation / 02.70.Ns – Molecular dynamics and particle methods
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