Growth and dislocation distribution of single Si1-xGex/Si(001) epilayer structures grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy

Autor: Won Jae Lee, A. E. Staton-Bevan
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Metals and Materials. 4:1001-1005
ISSN: 1225-9438
DOI: 10.1007/bf03025968
Popis: Single Si1-xGex epilayer on Si buffer layer (~100 nm) was grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy (GS-MBE) at 640°C. Samples were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. For all the samples investigated, the misfit dislocations were irregularly distributed along the [110] and [110] directions. As the Ge content, x, in Si1-xGex/Si epilayers (x≤0.15) increased, the distribution of dislocations changed from a 2 dimensional to a 3 dimensional network in both the epilayer and buffer-substrate. The majority of misfit dislocations in the Si1-xGex/Si(001) epilayers was of 60° type dislocations.
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