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The Effect of Oxygen on the Thermal Stability of Si1−xGex Strained Layers Grown by Limited Reaction Processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

D. B. Noble ,
J. L. Hoyt ,
P. Kuo ,
W. D. Nix ,
J. F. Gibbons ,
S. S. Laderman ,
J. E. Turner ,
S. J. Rosner  and
M. P. Scott
D. B. Noble
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
J. L. Hoyt
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
P. Kuo
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
W. D. Nix
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
J. F. Gibbons
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
S. S. Laderman
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
J. E. Turner
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
S. J. Rosner
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
M. P. Scott
Affiliation:
Stanford University, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford, CA; Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA
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Abstract

Si1−xGex layers containing 2×1020 oxygen atoms/cm3 exhibit an enhancement in thermal stability when compared to similar films (comparable Ge content and thickness) with 2 orders of magnitude less oxygen. X-ray measurements of the lattice constants in the strained films indicate that the oxygen does not substantially change the amount of strain in the layers. A prediction of the effect of oxygen based on solid solution strengthening theory is shown to be consistent with experimental annealing results. In addition, experimental measurements of slower misfit dislocation velocities in the layers with high oxygen content compared to those measured in films with low oxygen content, support the idea of solid solution strengthening. It is therefore likely that oxygen impedes the kinetics of dislocation formation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 220: Symposium B – Silicon Molecular Beam Epitaxy , 1991 , 247
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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