Spectroscopic ellipsometry determination of the properties of the thin underlying strained Si layer and the roughness at SiO2/Si interface
- 16 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 64 (20) , 2688-2690
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.111492
Abstract
The existence of both the strain and microroughness at the interface of thermally grown SiO2 films on Si was ascertained unambiguously for the first time by high accuracy spectroscopic ellipsometry. The dielectric function of the interface was determined by a comprehensive data analysis procedure. By carefully examining the dielectric function obtained by our model, the strain was seen to cause a red shift of 0.042 eV of the interband critical point E1 compared with the bulk silicon value. The thickness of the interface region was found to be 2.2 nm of which a significant part is due to the strain.Keywords
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