Optical transitions at the substitutional nitrogen centre in diamond

Authors
Iakoubovskii, K Adriaenssens, GJ
Citation
K. Iakoubovskii et Gj. Adriaenssens, Optical transitions at the substitutional nitrogen centre in diamond, J PHYS-COND, 12(6), 2000, pp. L77-L81
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
ISSN journal
09538984 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
L77 - L81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-8984(20000214)12:6<L77:OTATSN>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Optical transitions at the single substitutional nitrogen centre (P1) in sy nthetic diamond are discussed. It is shown that the 4.6 eV absorption band is not due to P1, but due to some other centre, tentatively suggested as a nitrogen-boron complex. The 4.5 eV photocurrent threshold is assigned to th e transition from the valence band to the ground state of the P1 centre.