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Microstructural Characterization of Heteroepitaxial SiGeC Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

David J. Smith ,
D. Chandrasekhar ,
T. Laursen ,
J.W. Mayer ,
J. Huffman ,
McD. Robinson ,
E.T. Croke  and
A.T. Hunter
David J. Smith
Affiliation:
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85287-1704
D. Chandrasekhar
Affiliation:
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85287-1704
T. Laursen
Affiliation:
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85287-1704
J.W. Mayer
Affiliation:
Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85287-1704
J. Huffman
Affiliation:
Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratory, 2300 W. Huntington, Tempe, AZ85282.
McD. Robinson
Affiliation:
Lawrence Semiconductor Research Laboratory, 2300 W. Huntington, Tempe, AZ85282.
E.T. Croke
Affiliation:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd., Malibu, CA90265.
A.T. Hunter
Affiliation:
HRL Laboratories, LLC, 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd., Malibu, CA90265.
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Heteroepitaxial growth of Group IV elements on Si is attracting increased attention because of the possibility of strain compensation in addition to bandgap engineering. The incorporation of the smaller C atom into Si1-xGex binary alloys to compensate for the larger size of the Ge atom offers the prospect of lattice matching and hence strain-free growth. In our early work, ternary SiGeC alloy films with up to ∽ 2% C were epitaxial with excellent crystallinity and very few interfacial defects. However, with increased C content, the films developed considerable disorder away from the substrate and finally became amorphous. Moreover, even at low C contents (∽2-3%), it appears that substantial C is being incorporated interstitially rather than substitutionally into the covalent lattice.2 Our recent work has therefore been aimed at establishing growth conditions that enable the amount of substitutional C to be maximized while still maintaining high crystal quality.

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Microscopy of Semiconducting and Superconducting Materials
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 4 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '98, Microscopy Society of America 56th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia July 12-16, 1998 , July 1998 , pp. 658 - 659
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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