Comparative study of divacancies in 3C-, 4H- and 6H-SiC

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Main Authors: Shafizade, Danial, Davidsson, Joel, Ohshima, Takeshi, Son, Nguyen Tien, Ivanov, Ivan G.
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Published: 2025
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author Shafizade, Danial
Davidsson, Joel
Ohshima, Takeshi
Son, Nguyen Tien
Ivanov, Ivan G.
author_facet Shafizade, Danial
Davidsson, Joel
Ohshima, Takeshi
Son, Nguyen Tien
Ivanov, Ivan G.
contents The divacancy comprising two neighboring vacant sites in the SiC lattice is a promising defect for applications in quantum technology. So far, most work is concerned with the divacancy in 4H-SiC, whereas the divacancies in 6H- and 3C-SiC have received much less attention. Here, we outline arguments showing that the neutral charge state of the divacancies in the latter two polytypes is intrinsically stable, in contrast to that in 4H-SiC where the photoluminescence quenches in most materials for certain excitation energies (below approximately 1.3 eV). Divacancies in 6H- and 3C-SiC are anticipated to remain stable even with resonant excitation. We provide new ab initio calculation results for the charge transfer levels of divacancies in 6H- and 3C-SiC. Using the temperature dependence of the divacancy emission in 3C-SiC, we estimate the energy position of the (+|0) charge transfer level of the divacancy within the bandgap of this polytype and compare with theoretical results.
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spellingShingle Comparative study of divacancies in 3C-, 4H- and 6H-SiC
Shafizade, Danial
Davidsson, Joel
Ohshima, Takeshi
Son, Nguyen Tien
Ivanov, Ivan G.
Quantum Physics
Materials Science
The divacancy comprising two neighboring vacant sites in the SiC lattice is a promising defect for applications in quantum technology. So far, most work is concerned with the divacancy in 4H-SiC, whereas the divacancies in 6H- and 3C-SiC have received much less attention. Here, we outline arguments showing that the neutral charge state of the divacancies in the latter two polytypes is intrinsically stable, in contrast to that in 4H-SiC where the photoluminescence quenches in most materials for certain excitation energies (below approximately 1.3 eV). Divacancies in 6H- and 3C-SiC are anticipated to remain stable even with resonant excitation. We provide new ab initio calculation results for the charge transfer levels of divacancies in 6H- and 3C-SiC. Using the temperature dependence of the divacancy emission in 3C-SiC, we estimate the energy position of the (+|0) charge transfer level of the divacancy within the bandgap of this polytype and compare with theoretical results.
title Comparative study of divacancies in 3C-, 4H- and 6H-SiC
topic Quantum Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02757