ATOMIC DIFFUSION IN SILICON.

Roberto Car*, Paul J. Kelly, Atsushi Oshiyama, Sokrates T. Pantelides

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Abstract

We present a unified description of atomic diffusion processes in silicon, based on the results of parameter-free total-energy calculations. An interpretation of both low- and high-temperature data is provided without the need to invoke a change in the nature of intrinsic defects as a function of temperature. The self-interstitial has negative-U properties and can migrate athermally via the Bourgoin-Corbett mechanism along several paths. Both vacancies and self-interstitials mediate self-diffusion with activation energies within the range of observed values. Both intrinsic defects also mediate the diffusion of impurities such as Al and P, but the detailed mechanisms are considerably more complex than those of self-diffusion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProoceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors
EditorsJames D. Chadi, Walter A. Harrison
PublisherSpringer
Pages713-720
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0387961089
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 1985
Externally publishedYes

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