Stress reduction and doping efficiency in B- and Ge-doped silicon molecular beam epitaxy films
- 18 April 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 52 (16) , 1335-1337
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.99151
Abstract
Lattice defects in boron highly doped silicon molecular beam epitaxy films (B:2×1020 cm−3) were reduced by a simultaneous doping of germanium and boron. The defect reduction mechanism was investigated with surface defect observation, x-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy. The growth rate of Si and the doping level of Ge and B were controlled precisely, and the suitable germanium-to-boron ratio was determined. At a germanium-to-boron ratio of 4:1, a drastic decrease of the defect density was observed, and the doping efficiency was improved.Keywords
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