Carbon precipitation and diffusion in SiGeC alloys under silicon self-interstitial injection

نویسندگان

  • D. De Salvador
  • A. Coati
  • E. Napolitani
  • M. Berti
  • A. V. Drigo
  • J. Stangl
  • G. Bauer
  • L. Lazzarini
چکیده

In this work we investigate the diffusion and precipitation of supersaturated substitutional carbon in 200-nmthick SiGeC layers buried under a silicon cap layer of 40 nm. The samples were annealed in either inert (N2) or oxidizing (O2) ambient at 850 ◦C for times ranging from 2 to 10 h. The silicon self-interstitial (I) flux coming from the surface under oxidation enhances the C diffusion with respect to the N2-annealed samples. In the early stages of the oxidation process, the loss of C from the SiGeC layer by diffusion across the layer/cap interface dominates. This phenomenon saturates after an initial period (2–4 h), which depends on the C concentration. This saturation is due to the formation and growth of C-containing precipitates that are promoted by the I injection and act as a sink for mobile C atoms. The influence of carbon concentration on the competition between precipitation and diffusion is discussed. PACS: 66.30.Jt; 61.72.Cc; 68.35.Dv

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تاریخ انتشار 2002