Defects in SiO2 and Related Dielectrics: Science and Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Defect-Free Vitreous Networks: The Idealised Structure of SiO 2 and Related Glasses....Pages 1-35
TOPOLOGY AND TOPOLOGICAL DISORDER IN SILICA....Pages 37-71
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF DEFECTS IN SILICA....Pages 73-116
THE NATURES OF POINT DEFECTS IN AMORPHOUS SILICON DIOXIDE....Pages 117-159
AB INITIO THEORY OF POINT DEFECTS IN SiO 2 ....Pages 161-195
A DEMI-CENTURY OF MAGNETIC DEFECTS IN a-QUARTZ....Pages 197-212
INTERACTION OF SiO 2 GLASSES WITH HIGH ENERGY ION BEAMS AND VACUUM UV EXCIMER LASER PULSES....Pages 213-233
EXCITONS, LOCALIZED STATES IN SILICON DIOXIDE AND RELATED CRYSTALS AND GLASSES....Pages 235-283
GAMMA RAYS INDUCED CONVERSION OF NATIVE DEFECTS IN NATURAL SILICA....Pages 285-305
GE AND SN DOPING IN SILICA: STRUCTURAL CHANGES, OPTICALLY ACTIVE DEFECTS, PARAMAGNETIC SITES....Pages 307-327
COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF SELF-TRAPPED EXCITONS IN SILICA....Pages 329-337
DEFECTS ON ACTIVATED SILICA SURFACE....Pages 339-370
AB-INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF AMORPHOUS SILICA SURFACE....Pages 371-390
PERIODIC UV-INDUCED INDEX MODULATIONS IN DOPED-SILICA OPTICAL FIBERS: FORMATION AND PROPERTIES OF THE FIBER BRAGG GRATING....Pages 391-426
BULK SILICAS PREPARED BY LOW PRESSURE PLASMA CVD: FORMATION OF STRUCTURE AND POINT DEFECTS....Pages 427-452
CHANGE OF SPECTROSCOPIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF GERMANOSILICATE GLASS UNDER MECHANICAL COMPRESSION AND UV IRRADIATION....Pages 453-470
UV PHOTOINDUCED PHENOMENA IN OXIGEN-DEFICIENT SILICA GLASSES....Pages 471-497
ONE- AND TWO-QUANTUM UV PHOTO-REACTIONS IN PURE AND DOPED SILICA GLASSES. 2. GERMANIUM OXYGEN DEFICIENT CENTERS (GODC).....Pages 499-514
PHOTOINDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGE AND SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION IN MCVD GERMANOSILICATE CORE FIBRES FABRICATED IN REDUCED (NITROGEN AND HELIUM) ATMOSPHERES....Pages 515-527
MOLECULAR HYDROGEN INTERACTION KINETICS OF INTERFACIAL Si DANGLING BONDS IN THERMAL (111)Si/SiO 2 AN ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SAGA....Pages 529-556
ULTRATHIN OXIDE FILMS FOR ADVANCED GATE DIELECTRICS APPLICATIONS CURRENT PROGRESS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES....Pages 557-579
SiC/SiO 2 INTERFACE DEFECTS....Pages 581-597
POINT DEFECTS IN Si-SiO 2 SYSTEMS: CURRENT UNDERSTANDING....Pages 599-615
Back Matter....Pages 617-624