2018年12月24日星期一

Photoluminescence Characterization of Strained Si–SiGe-on-Insulator Wafers

Photoluminescence (PL) was observed for three strained Si–SiGe-on-insulator wafers with different Ge fractions, which were fabricated using Ge condensation by the dry oxidation of SiGe on a silicon-on-insulator substrate. PL signals were excited by an Ar+ laser operated at 514 nm and a HeCd laser operated at 325 nm. The PL signal excited by the 325 nm line was confirmed to emit only from layers on buried oxide. Under 325 nm line excitation, the PL signals of wafers with 13 and 18% Ge fractions are deep-level-free in the PL energy range from 0.77 eV to the band gap, implying high wafer qualities. However, a broad PL signal could be observed for a wafer with a 25% Ge fraction, which was confirmed to be defect-related by varying laser power. Integrated band-band PL signal intensity decreased with increasing Ge fraction, implying a wafer quality dependence on Ge fraction. The dependence of the PL signal intensity on Ge fraction was discussed in detail.


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2018年12月11日星期二

Investigation of dislocations in Czochralski grown Si1−xGex single crystals


Dislocations in p-type Si−Ge single crystals (2–8 at% Ge) grown with the Czochralski technique are investigated by synchrotron white beam topography in transmission geometry. As the Ge concentration increases, the dislocation structure evolves from individual dislocations to slip bands and sub-grain boundaries, and the dislocation density increases from <102 cm−2 to 105–106 cm−2 at 8 at%. We discuss the effect of dislocations on the electrical characteristics such as resistivity ρv, Hall hole mobility μp, carrier lifetime τe and I–V characteristics. Here τe and I–V characteristics are measured from the diodes fabricated by bonding the p-Si1−xGex to n-Si wafers. I–V characteristics are not deteriorated in spite of a five times decrease in τe with the Ge concentration.



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