Optical absorption measurements are reported, carried out in the medium inf
rared range at liquid helium temperature on silicon wafers after different
thermal treatments for oxygen precipitation. The low temperature spectra sh
ow a complex band structure where the contributions related to precipitates
with different shapes can he distinguished and, in some cases, quantified
on the basis of the results of an effective medium model. (C) 2000 Elsevier
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