Accelerated formation of the boron–oxygen complex in p‐type Czochralski silicon

This Letter reports on the acceleration of the rate of formation of the boron–oxygen defect in p‐type Czochralski silicon with illumination intensities in excess of 2.1 × 10¹⁷ photons/cm²/s. It is observed that increased light intensities greatly enhance the rate of defect formation, without increasing the saturation concentration of the defect. These results suggest a dependence of the defect formation rate upon the total majority carrier concentration. Finally, a method using temperatures up to 475 K and an illumination intensity of 1.68 × 10¹⁹ photons/cm²/s is shown to result in near‐complete defect formation within seconds. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)