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Radiation damage in 4H-SiC samples implanted by 70 keV oxygen ion beams was studied using photoluminescence and electron spin resonance techniques. ESR peak of g = 2.0053 and two zero-phonon lines were observed with the implanted samples. Combined with theoretical calculations, we found that the main defect in the implanted 4H-SiC samples was oxygen-vacancy complex. The calculated defect formation energies showed that the oxygen-vacancy centers were stable in n-type 4H-SiC. Moreover, the \( {\text{V}}_{\text{Si}} {\text{O}}_{\text{C}}^{ 0} \) and \( {\text{V}}_{\text{Si}} {\text{O}}_{\text{C}}^{ - 1} \) centers were optically addressable. The results suggest promising spin coherence properties for quantum information science.
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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61076089, 11505265 and 61227902) and the Ministry of Education of China (SRF for ROCS, SEM).
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Cheng, GD., Chen, Y., Yan, L. et al. PL and ESR study for defect centers in 4H-SiC induced by oxygen ion implantation. NUCL SCI TECH 28, 105 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-017-0263-2
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