Dopant activation and epitaxial regrowth in P-implanted pseudomorphic Ge0.12Si0.88 layers on Si(100)

D. Y.C. Lie, N. D. Theodore, F. Eisen, M. A. Nicolet, K. L. Wang

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Abstract

A pseudomorphic Ge0.12Si0.88 film 265 nm thick grown on a Si(100) substrate by molecular beam epitaxy was implanted at room temperature with a dose of 1.5 × 1015 cm2 of 100 keV P ions. The projected range of the ions is about 125 nm, which is well within the film thickness. Only the top portion of the Ge0.12Si0.88 layer was amorphized by the implantation. Both implanted and non-implanted samples were subsequently annealed in vacuum for 30 minutes from 400 °C to 800 °C. Values of electron Hall sheet mobility and concentration in the implanted Ge0.12Si0.88 epilayer were measured after annealing. The solid phase epitaxial regrowth is complete at 550 °C, where the implanted phosphorus reaches approx. 100% activation. The regrown Ge0.12Si0.88 layer exhibits inferior crystalline quality to that of the virgin sample and is relaxed, but the non-implanted portion of the film remains pseudomorphic at 550 °C. When annealed at 800 °C, the strain in the whole epilayer relaxes. The sheet electron mobility values measured at room temperature in the regrown samples (Tann ≥ 550 °C) are about 20% less than those of pure Si.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCrystallization and Related Phenomena in Amorphous Materials
EditorsMatthew Libera, Tony E. Haynes, Peggy Cebe, James E. Dickinson Jr.
PublisherPubl by Materials Research Society
Pages485-490
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)1558992200
StatePublished - 1994
EventProceedings of the 1993 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society - Boston, MA, USA
Duration: Nov 29 1993Dec 2 1993

Publication series

NameMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume321
ISSN (Print)0272-9172

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1993 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society
CityBoston, MA, USA
Period11/29/9312/2/93

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