Nonequilibrium processes occurring in an electrolyte-semiconductor sys
tem (hydrofluoric acid-n-type silicon) were studied during anodization
in the mode of pore formation. The transition from transient modes of
anodization with strongly nonlinear current-voltage characteristics t
o steady-state conditions was studied. The current-voltage curves obta
ined experimentally for the electrolyte-semiconductor (silicon) system
is S-shaped. Processes of self-organization developing at the silicon
' surface in the above system under the action of ultrasound were dete
cted and experimentally investigated. The major aspects of these proce
sses are concordant with those of the formation of three-dimensionally
periodic structures at surfaces stimulated by laser light that had be
en studied previously.