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Implant isolation of ZnO epitaxial layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

S. O. Kucheyev
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
C. Jagadish
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, RSPhysSE, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
J. S. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, RSPhysSE, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
P. N. K. Deenapanray
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, RSPhysSE, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Mitsuaki Yano
Affiliation:
New Materials Research Center and Bio-Venture Center, Osaka Institute of Technology, Asahi-ku, Ohmiya, Osaka 535–8585, Japan
Kazuto Koike
Affiliation:
New Materials Research Center and Bio-Venture Center, Osaka Institute of Technology, Asahi-ku, Ohmiya, Osaka 535–8585, Japan
Shigehiko Sasa
Affiliation:
New Materials Research Center and Bio-Venture Center, Osaka Institute of Technology, Asahi-ku, Ohmiya, Osaka 535–8585, Japan
Masataka Inoue
Affiliation:
New Materials Research Center and Bio-Venture Center, Osaka Institute of Technology, Asahi-ku, Ohmiya, Osaka 535–8585, Japan
Ken-ichi Ogata
Affiliation:
Bio-Venture Center, Osaka Institute of Technology, Asahi-ku, Ohmiya, Osaka 535–8585, Japan
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Abstract

The formation of highly resistive films of single-crystal ZnO as a result of irradiation with MeV Li, O, and Si ions is demonstrated. Results show that the ion doses necessary for electrical isolation close-to-inversely depend on the number of ion-beam-generated atomic displacements. Results show that an increase in the dose of 2 MeV O ions (up to ∼ 2 orders of magnitude above the threshold isolation dose) and irradiation temperature (up to 350 °C) has a relatively minor effect on the thermal stability of electrical isolation, which is limited to temperatures of ∼ 300 — 400 °C. For the case of multiple-energy implantation with keV Cr, Fe, or Ni ions, the evolution of sheet resistance with annealing temperature is consistent with defect-induced isolation, with a relatively minor effect of Cr, Fe, or Ni impurities on the thermal stability of isolation. Based on these results, the mechanism for electrical isolation in ZnO by ion bombardment is discussed.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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