Heteroepitaxy of deposited amorphous layer by pulsed electron-beam irradiation

Abstract
We demonstrate that a single short pulse of electron irradiation of appropriate energy is capable of recrystallizing epitaxially an amorphous Ge layer deposited on either 〈100〉 or 〈111〉 Si single‐crystal substrate. The primary defects observed in the 〈100〉 case were dislocations, whereas stacking faults were observed in 〈111〉 samples.