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A Novel Layer-By-Layer Hetero-Epitaxy Of Germanium On Silicon (100) Surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. Sugahara
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 0-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
M. Matsuyama
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 0-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
K. Hosaka
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 0-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
K. Ikeda
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 0-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
Y. Uchida
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Information Science, Teikyo University of Science and Technology, Uenohara-machi, Yamanashi 409-0193, Japan
M. Matsumura
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 0-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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Abstract

Layer-by-layer hetero-epitaxy of Ge has been successfully demonstrated on the Si(100) surface by combining the initial IML-Ge film growth on the Si surface and the successive Ge atomic-layer-epitxy (ALE), for the first time. The former was achieved using the substrate temperature modulation with alternate exposures of GeCL4 and atomic H, and the later was established by cyclic exposures of (CH 3)2GeH2 and atomic H under isothermal conditions. XPS measurements confirmed a discrete and uniform increase in the grown Ge film thickness with one monolayer/cycle step up to the critical Ge thickness, and no C contamination at the Ge/Si interface. Critical exposure for the saturated Ge adsorption was different from that for the homo-ALE on the bulk Ge surface.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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