Issue |
EPL
Volume 93, Number 1, January 2011
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Article Number | 16002 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/93/16002 | |
Published online | 01 February 2011 |
Multi-frequency ESR analysis of the E′δ defect hyperfine structure in SiO2 glasses
Department of Physics and INPAC, Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, University of Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium, EU
a
andre.stesmans@fys.kuleuven.be
Received:
16
September
2010
Accepted:
9
December
2010
A multifrequency electron spin resonance study of the E′δ defect in six SiO2 glasses irradiated by UV, VUV, or 60Co γ-rays, points to an electronically rigid structure with no dynamic rearrangement occurring in the temperature range T ≥ 4.2 K. Reassuringly coinciding over all frequencies and T's applied, the average intensity ratio of the 100 G 29Si hyperfine doublet to the central Zeeman signal points to delocalization of the unpaired spin over n = 4 or 5 equivalent Si sites, thus refuting the Si dimer model. A noteworthy revelation is that E′δ is only observed in those (3) silica types studied also showing the Al E′ center in the as γ-irradiated state. This may signify some indirect role of charge compensators/traps in activating/stabilizing E′δ centers, relevant to further theoretical modeling.
PACS: 61.72.J- – Point defects and defect clusters / 61.82.Ms – Insulators / 76.30.Mi – Color centers and other defects
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