Effect of bismuth irradiation on crystalline silicon

N-type silicon single crystals with resistivity higher than 8000 Ωcm were irradiated with ions of Bi⁶⁺, of 28 MeV kinetic energy. At this energy, the ions are stopped into the wafer. Being much heavier and bigger than the host atoms, they produce major disturbances into the lattice. On the other hand, the produced collision cascade is the source of lattice defects which act as traps. We investigated them using the method of thermally stimulated currents without applied bias. The results are compared with those obtained from the analysis of silicon irradiated with I⁶⁺ ions.