A monoclinic 1-platinum defect recently detected was investigated more thoroughly by electron paramagnetic resonance ͑EPR͒. The defect is one of the dominating defects in platinum doped silicon. With a perfect reproducibility it is observed in samples prepared from n-type silicon as well as from p-type silicon, in float zone ͑FZ͒ silicon as well as in Czochralski ͑Cz͒ silicon. Its concentration varies with the conditions of preparation and nearly reaches that of isolated substitutional platinum in Cz silicon annealed for 2 h at 540°C after quenching from the temperature of platinum diffusion. Because of its concentration which in Cz-Si exceeds that in FZ-Si the defect is assumed to be oxygen-related though a hyperfine structure with 17 O could not be resolved. The defect causes a level close to the valence band. This is concluded from variations of the Fermi level and from a discussion of the spin Hamiltonian parameters. In photo-EPR experiments the defect is coupled to recently detected acceptorlike self-interstitial related defects ͑SIRDs͒; their level position turns out to be near-midgap. These defects belong to the lifetime limiting defects in Pt-doped Si.
In this article, we report about complexes in silicon investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). In silicon doped with C and Pt we detected two different complexes: cr-1Pt (cr: carbon-related, 1Pt: one Pt atom) and cr-3Pt. The complexes have similar EPR properties. They show a trigonal symmetry with effective g-values geff,⊥=2g⊥≈4 and geff,‖=g‖≈2 (g⊥, g‖ true g-values). The g-values can be explained by a spin Hamiltonian with large fine-structure energy (electron spin S=3/2) and smaller Zeeman interaction. The participation of platinum in the complexes is proved by the hyperfine interaction. From experiments with varying carbon concentration we conclude that the complexes contain carbon. Atomistic models based on the Watkins vacancy-model for substitutional Pt were developed.
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