B. A. Andreev, A. A. Ezhevskii, N. V. Abrosimov, P. G. Sennikov, H. Pol, “Dependence of the energy of the resonance states of an acceptor in silicon on the host isotopic mass”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2009, Volume 90, Issue 6,Pages <nobr>501

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Dependence of the energy of the resonance states of an acceptor in silicon on the host isotopic mass

B. A. Andreev^a, A. A. Ezhevskii^b, N. V. Abrosimov^c, P. G. Sennikov^d, H. Pol^e

^a Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b N. I. Lobachevski State University of Nizhni Novgorod
^c Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung, 12489 Berlin, Deutschland
^d Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances RAS
^e VITCON Projectconsult GmbH, D-07743 Jena, Deutschland

Abstract: It has been found that the energy of the transitions of acceptors to resonance states under a spin-split valence subband depends on the isotope content of the silicon matrix. An estimate of the isotope effect for the spin-orbit splitting of the valence band of silicon has been obtained.

PACS: 71.55.Cn, 71.70.Ej

Received: 21.07.2009