Defect production in silicon and germanium by low temperature irradiation

In this communication, we study the production of defects by energetic ions in silicon and germanium, at very low temperatures, as dependencies of non-ionizing energy loss and number of displacements on the ion kinetic energy, and also the partition of the energy deposited between ionization, creation of defects and phonons, short time after the interaction.

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