Vibrations of the Interstitial Oxygen Pairs in Silicon

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© 1999 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Pesola, M. & von Boehm, J. & Nieminen, Risto M. 1999. Vibrations of the Interstitial Oxygen Pairs in Silicon. Physical Review Letters. Volume 82, Issue 20. 4022-4025. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.82.4022, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4022.
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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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4022-4025

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Physical Review Letters, Volume 82, Issue 20

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First-principles methods are used to calculate the structures and local vibrational modes of interstitial oxygen pairs in silicon. The staggered Oi−Si−Oi and skewed Oi−Si−Si−Oi structures are nearly degenerate in energy. The calculated local vibration frequencies and their pure and mixed 18O→16O isotopic shifts agree closely with experiments: the highest frequency is assigned to the skewed and the four lower ones to the staggered structure. This result may clear up the controversy of oxygen dimers in silicon, and also suggests a mechanism for fast oxygen diffusion.

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Pesola, M. & von Boehm, J. & Nieminen, Risto M. 1999. Vibrations of the Interstitial Oxygen Pairs in Silicon. Physical Review Letters. Volume 82, Issue 20. 4022-4025. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.82.4022.