Zhao, YuechaoAziz, MichaelMitha, SalmanSchiferl, David2009-04-301997Zhao, Yuechao, Michael J. Aziz, Salman Mitha, and David Schiferl. 1997. Effect of pressure on Boron diffusion in Silicon. Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings 442: 305-411.0272-9172http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:2870608We are studying the effect of pressure on boron diffusion in silicon in order to better understand the nature of the point defects responsible for diffusion. Si homoepitaxial layers delta-doped with boron were grown using molecular beam epitaxy. Diffusion anneals were performed in a high temperature diamond anvil cell using fluid argon as a pressure medium. Diffusivities were deduced from B concentration-depth profiles measured with using secondary ion mass spectrometry. Preliminary results indicate that pressure enhances B diffusion in Si at 850 ˚C, characterized by an average activation volume of -0.125±0.02 times the atomic volume, and thus appear consistent with an interstitial-based diffusion mechanism. Results are compared with previous hydrostatic-pressure studies, with results in biaxially strained films, and with atomistic calculations of activation volumes for self diffusion.en-US