Ga delta-doping layers in silicon

Abstract
Delta-doping layers in silicon have been made by deposition of 0.39 monolayer Ga on Si(001). The dopant atoms have been buried in the host crystal using a solid phase epitaxial growth method. The grown structures are characterized in situ by high-resolution Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. A fraction of 30% of the Ga atoms is located at subsitutional sites in a spike less than 1.0 nm wide; the other atoms are at the surface. The surface atoms desorb upon annealing at 985 K, whereas the buried atoms are redistributed only slightly. At temperatures higher than 1100 K the profile degrades completely.

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