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Room Temperature Nitridation and Oxidation of Si, Ge and Mbegrown Sige Using Low Energy Ion Beams (0.1-1 Kev).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

O. Vancauwenberghe ,
O. C. Hellman ,
N. Herbots ,
J. L. Olson ,
W. J. Tan  and
W. J. Croft
O. Vancauwenberghe
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Tecnoloy, Cambridge, MA 02139
O. C. Hellman
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Tecnoloy, Cambridge, MA 02139
N. Herbots
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Tecnoloy, Cambridge, MA 02139
J. L. Olson
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Tecnoloy, Cambridge, MA 02139
W. J. Tan
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Tecnoloy, Cambridge, MA 02139
W. J. Croft
Affiliation:
Army Materials Technology Laboratory, Watertown, MA 02172
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Abstract

Direct Ion Beam Nitridation (IBN) and Oxidation (IBO) of Si, Ge, and Si0.8Ge0.2 were investigated at room temperature as a function of ion energy. The ion energies were selected between 100 eV and 1 keV to establish the role of energy on phase formation and film properties. Si0.8Ge0.2 films were grown by MBE on Si (100) and transferred in UHV to the ion beam processing chamber. The modification of composition and chemical binding was measured as a function of ion beam exposure by in situ XPS analysis. The samples were nitridized or oxidized using until the N or O 1s signal reached saturation for ion doses between 5×1016 to 1×1017 ions/cm2. Combined characterization by XPS, SEM, ellipsometry and cross-section TEM showed that insulating films of stoichiometric SiO2 and Si-rich Si3N4 were formed during IBO and IBN of Si at all energies used. The formation of Ge dielectric thin films by IBO and IBN was found to be strongly energy dependent and insulating layers could be grown only at the lower energies (E ≤ 200 eV). In contrast to pure Ge, insulating SiGe-oxide and SiGe-nitride were successfully formed on Si0.8Ge0.20.2 at all energies studied.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 223: Symposium E – Low Energy Ion Beam and Plasma Modification of Materials , 1991 , 235
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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