Deep centers in silicon: physics and technology

Yury Astrov Head of the group,
Sci.D., Leading Researcher, ResearcherID
Leonid Portsel Ph.D., Senior Researcher, ResearcherID
Anatoly Lodygin Staff researcher, ResearcherID

Our collaboration:

  • Group of V.B. Shuman at the Laboratory of semiconductor devices, Ioffe Instutute, Russia
  • Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

  • Institute of Optical Sensor Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany
  • Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Berlin, Germany
  • High Field Magnet Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
  • Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
  • Cardiff University, United Kingdom
See also our research on Semiconductor-microdischarge systems

Recent Publications

  1. V. B. Shuman,A. N. Lodygin, L. M. Portsel, A. A. Yakovleva, N. V. Abrosimov, Yu. A. Astrov,
    Decomposition of a Solid Solution of Interstitial Magnesium in Silicon, Semiconductors 53, 296 (2019)
  2. R. J. S. Abraham, V. B. Shuman, L. M. Portsel, A. N. Lodygin, Yu. A. Astrov, et. al.,
    Shallow donor complexes formed by pairing of double-donor magnesium with group-III acceptors in silicon, Phys. Rev. B 99, 195207 (2019)
  3. K. Gwozdz, V. Kolkovsky, J. Weber, A. A. Yakovleva, Yu.A. Astrov,
    Detection of Sulfur‐Related Defects in Sulfur Diffused n‐ and p‐Type Si by DLTS, phys. status solidi a 216, 1900303 (2019)
  4. A. N. Lodygin, L. M. Portsel, E. V. Beregulin, and Yu. A. Astrov,
    Townsend discharge in argon and nitrogen: Study of the electron distribution function, J. Appl. Phys. 126, 173302(2019)
  5. N. Yarykin, V. B. Shuman, L. M. Portsel, A. N. Lodygin, Yu. A. Astrov, N. V. Abrosimov, J. Weber,
    DLTS Investigation of the Energy Spectrum of Si:Mg Crystals, Semiconductors 53, 789 (2019)
  6. J. Li, N. H. Le, K. L. Litvinenko, S. K. Clowes, H. Engelkamp, S. G. Pavlov, H.-W. Hübers, V. B. Shuman, L. М. Portsel, А. N. Lodygin, Yu. A. Astrov, et. al.,
    Radii of Rydberg states of isolated silicon donors, Phys. Rev. B 98, 085423 (2018)
  7. Yu. A. Astrov, A. N. Lodygin, L. M. Portsel, and A. A. Sitnikova,
    GaAs oxidation with Townsend-discharge three-electrode microreactor, J. Appl. Phys. 124, 103303(2018)
  8. R. J. S. Abraham, A. DeAbreu, K. J. Morse, V. B. Shuman, L. M. Portsel, A. N. Lodygin, Yu. A. Astrov, et. al.,
    Further investigations of the deep double donor magnesium in silicon, Phys. Rev. B 98, 045202 (2018)
  9. Yu.A. Astrov, V.B. Shuman, L.М. Portsel, А.N. Lodygin, S.G. Pavlov, N.V. Abrosimov, V. N. Shastin, H.-W. Hübers,
    Diffusion doping of silicon by magnesium, phys. status solidi a 214, 1700192 (2017)
  10. V.B. Shuman, Yu.A. Astrov, А.N. Lodygin, L.М. Portsel,
    High-temperature diffusion of magnesium in dislocation-free silicon, Semiconductors 51, 1031 (2017)
  11. S.G. Pavlov, N. Deßmann, A. Pohl, V.B. Shuman, L.М. Portsel, А.N. Lodygin, Yu.A. Astrov, et. al.,
    Dynamics of nonequilibrium electrons on neutral center states of interstitial magnesium donors in silicon, Phys. Rev. B 94, 075208 (2016)
  12. R.H. Stock, W.S. Royle, C. Hodges, Yu.A. Astrov, V.B. Shuman, L.M. Portsel, A.N. Lodygin, S.A. Lynch.,
    Mid-infrared spectroscopy of sulphur and selenium donors in silicon for quantum optics, Int. Conf. Infrared, Millim., Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz, IEEE Computer Society v.2016-November, 7758724 (2016)
  13. V.B. Shuman, L.М. Portsel. А.N. Lodygin, Yu.A. Astrov,
    Formation of S2 “Quasi-molecules” in sulfur-doped silicon, Semiconductors 49, 421 (2015)
  14. S. A. Lynch, R.H Stock, Yu.A Astrov, V.B. Shuman, L.M. Portsel, A.N. Lodygin.,
    Infrared single photon centers in chalcogen doped silicon for quantum computing, IEEE Int. Semicond. Laser Conf, 7 (2014)
  15. K.L. Litvinenko, M. Pang, Juerong Li, E. Bowyer, H. Engelkamp, V.B. Shuman, L.M. Portsel, A.N. Lodygin, Yu.A. Astrov, et. al.,
    High-field impurity magneto-optics of Si:Se, Phys. Rev. B 90, 115204 (2014)

Contact information

Yu. A. Astrov, e-mail: yuri.astrov@mail.ioffe.ru
L. M. Portsel, e-mail: leonid.portsel@mail.ioffe.ru
A. N. Lodygin, e-mail: a.lodygin@mail.ioffe.ru

Phone: +7 (812) 247 99 66
Fax: +7 (812) 247 10 17

Laboratory of nonequilibrium processes in semiconductors
Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Politekhnicheskaya 26,
St.Petersburg, 194021 Russia