Ge (2), Ge (1) and Ge-E′ centers in irradiated Ge-doped silica: a first-principles EPR study

L. Giacomazzi; Layla Martin-Samos; Aziz Boukenter; Youcef Ouerdane; Sylvain Girard; Nicolas Richard

doi:10.1364/OME.5.001054

Ge (2), Ge (1) and Ge-E′ centers in irradiated Ge-doped silica: a first-principles EPR study

L. Giacomazzi ¹ Layla Martin-Samos ² Aziz Boukenter ³ Youcef Ouerdane ³ Sylvain Girard ³ Nicolas Richard ⁴

1 CNR-IOM DEMOCRITOS

2 UNG - University of Nova Gorica

3 LHC - Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne]

4 DAM/DIF - DAM Île-de-France

Abstract : We present a first-principles investigation of Ge paramagnetic centers in Ge-doped vitreous silica (v-SiO2) based on calculations of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) parameters. We infer, by analyzing g-values differences with respect to our Ge-E′ configurations, that the EPR signal of the Ge(2) center may arise from Ge forward-oriented (Ge-FO) configurations, where the unpaired spin is localized at a three-fold Ge atom featuring a weak bond with a three-fold O atom, ∼ 1.9 Å long. Moreover we show that two-fold Ge atoms, i.e. the germanium lone pair centers (GLPC), under irradiation can easily convert into Ge-FO configurations consistently with experimental observations.

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Optical Materials Express, OSA pub, 2015, 5 (5), pp.1054-1064. 〈10.1364/OME.5.001054〉

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Physique [physics] / Matière Condensée [cond-mat]

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