OXIDATION OF SILICON BY LOW-ENERGY OXYGEN BOMBARDMENT

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WILLIAMS, JS [1 ]
PETRAVIC, M [1 ]
SVENSSON, BG [1 ]
CONWAY, M [1 ]
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[1] ROYAL INST TECHNOL,S-16440 KISTA,SWEDEN
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10.1063/1.357704
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O59 [应用物理学];
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High resolution Rutherford backscattering and channeling has been used to study the formation of surface oxides during room temperature bombardment of silicon with oxygen in a secondary ion mass spectrometry system. Stoichiometric SiO2 is formed at angles of incidence (to the surface normal) less-than-or-equal-to 25-degrees and the angular dependence is adequately modeled using the PROFILE code. A linear dependence of oxide thickness on energy is obtained in the energy range 3-40 keV (per oxygen ion) and this is consistent with TRIM code calculations. The suboxide damage has also been measured and studied during annealing. Our data are consistent with a simple model of oxygen build up and formation of strong Si-O bonds during room temperature bombardment. Once a buried SiO2 layer is reached and Si bonds are saturated, oxygen can migrate in SiO2 to extend the oxide towards the surface.
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