About anomalous g-factor value of Mn related defects in GaAs:Mn

TL;DR

This paper investigates the ESR spectra of Mn impurities in GaAs:Mn, revealing defect-related g factors and providing a model to explain the anomalous g-factor values through covalent renormalization.

Contribution

It introduces an analytical expression for the covalent renormalization of the g factor in Mn-doped GaAs, extending the double defect model to explain ESR results.

Findings

Identification of defect lines with g factors 5.62 and 2.81

Development of a covalent renormalization model for g factors

Experimental validation of the double defect model

Abstract

The results of experimental investigations of ESR spectra of manganese impurity ions in a GaAs : Mn system are presented. The studies are done for various a Fermi level position relative to valence band edge in the system. Characteristic defects for the system that give rise to lines with g factors of 5.62 and 2.81 in the ESR spectra are studied in some detail. The experimental results are discussed in the framework of a previously developed model with a double defect involving the impurity ion. The "3d5 + hole" model is a special case of the double defect model in this system. An analytical expression for the covalent renormalization of the g factor of an ESR line in this system is obtained.