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μ-Raman investigations of plasma hydrogenated silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2003

R. Job*
Affiliation:
University of Hagen, PO Box 940, 58084 Hagen, Germany
A. G. Ulyashin
Affiliation:
University of Hagen, PO Box 940, 58084 Hagen, Germany
W. R. Fahrner
Affiliation:
University of Hagen, PO Box 940, 58084 Hagen, Germany
M.-F. Beaufort
Affiliation:
University of Poitiers, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France
J.-F. Barbot
Affiliation:
University of Poitiers, 86962 Futuroscope Chasseneuil Cedex, France
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Abstract

Standard [001]-oriented p- (12–20 Ω cm) and n-type (1.8–2.6 Ω cm) Czochralski (Cz) silicon wafers were treated by a RF (13.56 MHz) hydrogen plasma at a substrate temperature of 250 °C. After the plasma hydrogenation subsequent annealing was applied up to 600 °C in air. The formation of H2 molecules in voids/platelets was investigated by Raman spectroscopy. The Raman intensities of the H2 vibration modes at ~4150 cm−1 exhibited significant intensity modulations in dependence on the annealing temperature. The intensities of the H2 Raman lines indirectly monitor the evolution of the voids/platelets upon annealing. This assumption was verified by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM), which was applied for comparison. The intensity modulations of the H2 Raman signal can be explained by the evolution of $\{111\}$ and $\{001\}$ platelets. At lower annealing temperatures (<500 °C) platelets laying in $\{111\}$ planes are dominant, while at elevated temperatures (500 °C) [001]-oriented platelets become more and more important. $\{110\}$ platelets were also observed using XTEM measurements in p-type material. In case of p-type substrates the Raman intensities were significant higher than for n-type material. The higher H2 Raman intensities in p-type Cz Si can be explained by the amphoteric character of hydrogen in silicon.

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