INVESTIGATIONS ON THE LOCAL STRUCTURE AND THE EPR PARAMETERS FORCu2+-DOPEDGaN
The local structure and the EPR parameters (g factors and the hyperfine structure constants) for Cu2+in GaN are theoretically studied from the perturbation formulas of these parameters for a 3d9ion in trigonally distorted tetrahedra. In these formulas, the ligand orbital and spin-orbit coupling contributions are taken into account from the cluster approach, in view of the strong covalency effect of the system. Based on the studies, the impurity Cu2+is found not to occupy exactly the host Ga3+site but to suffer a slight displacement (≈ 0.004 Å ) towards the ligand triangle along C3axis due to charge and size mismatching substitution. The theoretical EPR parameters show good agreement with the experimental data. The validity of the impurity displacement is also discussed.