A. Misiuk et al., Structure of oxygen - Implanted silicon single crystals treated at >= 1400K under high argon pressure, CRYST RES T, 36(8-10), 2001, pp. 933-941
The structure of oxygen - implanted (up to a dose 6x10(17) cm(-2)) silicon,
Si:O, treated at 1400 - 1550 K under high (up to 1.5 GPa) argon pressure,
was investigated by numerous methods. The oxygen distribution peak narrowed
, the dimensions of extended defects decreased and the peak intensity in th
e Si - O - Si asymmetric stretching vibrational mode diminished with pressu
re, That effects are explained by decreased misfit at the SiO2-x / Si bound
ary and more numerous nucleation sites created in Si:O treated at high pres
sure.