Isotope effects and temperature-dependence studies on vibrational lifetimes of interstitial oxygen in silicon

K K Kohli, G Davies, N Q Vinh, D West, S K Estreicher, T Gregorkiewicz, I Izeddin, K M Itoh

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Abstract

Vibrational lifetimes of the asymmetric stretch mode (1136 cm(-1)) of oxygen in silicon are measured using pump-probe spectroscopy and calculated by ab initio theory. We find that increasing the isotope of the nearest-neighbouring silicon atom increases the lifetime of the vibration. This isotope-dependence establishes the participation of the v(1) (613 cm(-1)) local vibrational mode in the decay of the v(3) (1136 cm(-1)) mode. Temperature-dependence measurements show the low-energy v(2) (29 cm(-1)) mode governs the repopulation rates for the ground state. We also analyze the temperature-dependence of transitions of excited states of the v(2) vibration. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)200 - 204
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments & Methods In Physics Research Section B, Beam Interactions With Materials And Atoms
Volume253
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2006

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