Impurities in Semiconductors: Solubility, Migration and Interactions

Although there is a good deal of research concerning semiconductor impurities available, most publications on the subject are very specialized and very theoretical. Until now, the field lacked a text that described the current experimental data, applications, and theory concerning impurities in semiconductor physics. Impurities in Semicondu

Table of Contents:
The Semiconductor Impurity System The Semiconductor Crystal as a Thermodynamic System Thermodynamic Descriptions of Impurity Solubility General Characteristics of Impurity Centers References Impurity Behavior in Semiconductors Hydrogen-Like Impurities Impurities with Partly Filled Electron Shells (d- and f-Impurities) Amphoteric Impurities Isovalent Impurities Volatile Impurities Impurity Solubility in Semiconductors Retrograde Solubility of Impurities Solubility of Hydrogen-Like Impurity Atoms in Germanium and Silicon Hydrogen-Like Impurity Solubility in AIII BV Compounds Solubility of Deep Impurities Solubility of Amphoteric Impurities Microscopic Analysis of Impurity Solubility in Semiconductors Dissolution Enthalpy Calculation by Weisseris Method Dissolution Enthaply in the Pseudo-Alloy Model Solubility of Interstitial f-Atoms in Silicon On Solubility Theory for Semiconductor Compounds Charge Interaction Potential Interaction Defect Interaction in Regular Approximation Interaction Leading to Complexation Defect Ionization in Solids Association of Impurity Atoms Ion Pairs Polytropic Impurities Complexation Thermodynamics in a Semiconductor Compound Impurity-Vacancy Complexes in AIII B V Compounds Impurity-Vacancy Complexes in Silicon Impurity Syneresis Combined Complexation Indirect Ion-Ion Interaction Applied Aspects of Complexation Impurity Kinetics in Semiconductors Impurity Migration Energy Microscopic Theory of Impurity Kinetics Dissociative Diffusion of Impurities Kinetic Effects in Subsurface Layers Diffusion Profiles of Interacting Impurities Impurity Migration in the Formation of Mobile Complexes Diatomic Complexes: Formation and Decomposition Diffusion Model for Mobile Complexes Solution of Diffusion Equations for Various Boundary Conditions Diffusion Theory Versus Experiment References Subject Index.