Photoluminescence line shapes for color centers in silicon carbide from density functional theory calculations

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dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorHashemi, Arsalanen_US
dc.contributor.authorLinderälv, Christopheren_US
dc.contributor.authorKrasheninnikov, Arkady V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAla-Nissila, Tapioen_US
dc.contributor.authorErhart, Paulen_US
dc.contributor.authorKomsa, Hannu Pekkaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Applied Physicsen
dc.contributor.groupauthorCentre of Excellence in Quantum Technology, QTFen
dc.contributor.groupauthorMultiscale Statistical and Quantum Physicsen
dc.contributor.groupauthorComputational Electronic Structure Theoryen
dc.contributor.organizationChalmers University of Technologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-05T06:18:35Z
dc.date.available2021-05-05T06:18:35Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-29en_US
dc.descriptionFunding Information: This work has been supported by the Academy of Finland under Project No. 311058 and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (2014.0226). T.A.-N. has been supported in part by the academy of Finland QTF CoE Grant No. 312298. We also thank CSC-IT Center Science Ltd. (Finland) and the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing at PDC and NSC (Sweden) for generous grants of computer time. The authors would also like to thank Prof. Martti Puska for his support. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 American Physical Society. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
dc.description.abstractSilicon carbide with optically and magnetically active point defects offers unique opportunities for quantum technology applications. Since interaction with these defects commonly happens through optical excitation and deexcitation, a complete understanding of their light-matter interaction in general and optical signatures in particular is crucial. Here, we employ quantum mechanical density functional theory calculations to investigate the photoluminescence line shapes of selected, experimentally observed color centers (including single vacancies, double vacancies, and vacancy-impurity pairs) in 4H-SiC. The analysis of zero-phonon lines as well as Huang-Rhys and Debye-Waller factors is accompanied by a detailed study of the underlying lattice vibrations. We show that the defect line shapes are governed by strong coupling to bulk phonons at lower energies and localized vibrational modes at higher energies. Generally, good agreement with the available experimental data is obtained, and thus we expect our theoretical work to be beneficial for the identification of defect signatures in the photoluminescence spectra and thereby advance the research in quantum photonics and quantum information processing.en
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dc.identifier.citationHashemi, A, Linderälv, C, Krasheninnikov, A V, Ala-Nissila, T, Erhart, P & Komsa, H P 2021, ' Photoluminescence line shapes for color centers in silicon carbide from density functional theory calculations ', Physical Review B, vol. 103, no. 12, 125203 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125203en
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevB.103.125203en_US
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dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPhysical Review Ben
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 103, issue 12en
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dc.titlePhotoluminescence line shapes for color centers in silicon carbide from density functional theory calculationsen
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