TDPAC and first-principles study of electronic and structural properties of a Pd-vacancy complex in undoped germanium

Abstract

Pd is one of the metals suitable for inducing low-temperature crystallization in Ge.However, it is not clear how residual Pd atoms are integrated into the Ge lattice. Therefore, time-differential γ-γ perturbed angular correlations (TDPAC) technique using the 100 Pd(→ 100 Rh) nuclear probe produced by recoil implantation has been applied to study the