Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
728857 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 2010 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

The authors have identified oxidation and desorption processes of Ge native oxide by chemical bonding states measured by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. Ge oxidation occurs at the temperatures of 450–500 °C in an oxidizing ambient. Ge desorption in nitrogen ambient is observed at the temperatures of 500–550 °C, which is higher than the oxidation temperature by 50 °C. Combined oxidation and desorption processes proceed subsequently and cause a loss of Ge from the surface when Ge is annealed in oxidizing ambient at a temperature higher than desorption temperature. The surface loss is avoided when Ge is annealed with SiO2 cap layer in an identical annealing condition.

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