کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1687922 | 1518761 | 2006 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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This work reports on the lattice strain induced by small B clusters in Si produced by He irradiation of an epitaxial layer uniformly doped with substitutional B. By means of high resolution X-ray diffraction measurements and nuclear reaction analysis, lattice strain profiles and B lattice location of the sample before and after He irradiation were extracted, respectively. We found that, as a consequence of He irradiation, all B atoms form B–B pairs, and the tensile strain status of the as-grown B-doped layer lowers by a factor of about 2. Moreover, the volume lattice expansion ΔV per clustered B atom was found to be (−(10.0 ± 0.6) Å3). This negative value of ΔV is very different from the positive one (+(3.7 ± 0.6) Å3) found for B clusters created as a consequence of the B interaction with self-interstitials produced by Si implantation and subsequent annealing [G. Bisognin, D. De Salvador, E. Napolitani, A. Carnera, E. Bruno, S. Mirabella, F. Priolo, A. Mattoni, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 21 (2006) L41]. The opposite sign of this volume lattice expansion suggests that a strong correlation exists between the atomistic structures associated with these two types of complexes and the lattice strain that they induce in the Si lattice.
Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms - Volume 253, Issues 1–2, December 2006, Pages 55–58