Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1667538 | Thin Solid Films | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We proposed the low temperature formation technique of strain-relaxed Si1 − x − yGexSny-on-insulator (SGTOI) structures. We found that the solid-phase reaction and the formation of single and uniform Si1 − x − yGexSny layer on an insulator after annealing SiO2/Ge1 − zSnz/SOI structures even at a temperature as low as 400 °C. We characterized the crystalline structure of SGTOI, and investigated the effects of annealing, Sn incorporation, and a SiO2 cap layer on the solid-phase reaction between Ge1 − zSnz and SOI layers. The solid-phase reaction is enhanced with a higher Sn content and a thicker SiO2 cap layer, and then Si1 − x − yGexSny layers are more rapidly formed. The SGTOI layer exhibits very low mosaicity and have good crystallinity.
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Authors
Osamu Nakatsuka, Kenta Mochizuki, Yosuke Shimura, Takashi Yamaha, Shigeaki Zaima,