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Strained Layer Semiconductor Films: Structure and Stability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

L. C. Feldman ,
J. Bevk ,
B. A. Davidson ,
H.-J. Gossmann ,
A. Ourmazd ,
T. P. Pearsall  and
M. Zinke-Allmang
L. C. Feldman
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
J. Bevk
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
B. A. Davidson
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
H.-J. Gossmann
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
A. Ourmazd
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
T. P. Pearsall
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
M. Zinke-Allmang
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
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Abstract

Strained layer epitaxy is a process for the formation of new materials with a strain and composition modulation in the one to one hundred monolayer range. Two aspects of strained epitaxial growth are discussed in this paper. We first consider the clustering process, a basic limitation in strained layer epitaxy. A second experiment examines the strain in few monolayer epitaxial films of Ge embedded in Si(100). We show that the strain in these monolayer films is comparable to that expected from bulk elastic constants and discuss the new properties of these films.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 102 , 1987 , 405
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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