Effect of phosphorus on Ge/Si(0 0 1) island formation
β Scribed by T.I Kamins; G Medeiros-Ribeiro; D.A.A Ohlberg; R Stanley Williams
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1386-9477
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β¦ Synopsis
Adding a phosphorus-containing species during chemical vapor deposition of Ge islands on Si(0 0 1) modiΓΏes the island sizes and shapes, primarily by changing the surface energies and the relative surface energies of di erent surface facets. Three distinct island shapes occur, but the island types and their sequence of formation di er from those found with undoped Ge islands. The addition of phosphorus decreases the size of the multifaceted "domes"-the island shape that has a favored island size, providing an additional method for controlling the islands. The largest islands have a steep pyramidal structure not seen for undoped islands.
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The influence of parameters of germanium deposition on wetting layer thickness was studied during the growth on the Si(1 0 0) surface. A non-monotone dependence of the thickness on growth temperature was discovered and accounted for by changing the mechanism of the layer-by-layer growth. The conclus