Defect formation in implantation of crystalline Si by MeV Si ions

Abstract
The distributions of vacancy-type defects and displaced Si atoms in Si(100) produced by the room-temperature implantation of 1014–1016 12-MeV 28Si+ ions/cm2 are measured with low-energy positron- and ion-beam techniques. The observed damage regions are reproduced by computer simulations. The distribution of displaced Si atoms coincides with the deposited energy distribution in elastic collisions. At the fluence of 1×1016 Si+/cm2, no crystalline structure was found in the peak region of the deposited energy at the depth of z=6 μm. Saturation of the divacancy concentration was observed at the ion fluences 3×1015 Si+/cm2 close to the surface (z1 μm). In the region z1 μm. This is also found in the simulated spatial structure of collision cascades.

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