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Characterization of High Ge Content SiGe Heterostructures and Graded Alloy Layers Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

A. R. Heyd ,
S. A. Alterovitz  and
E. T. Croke
A. R. Heyd
Affiliation:
NASA Lewis Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 54-5, Cleveland, OH 44135 This work was performed while the author held a National Research Council-NASA Research Associateship
S. A. Alterovitz
Affiliation:
NASA Lewis Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 54-5, Cleveland, OH 44135
E. T. Croke
Affiliation:
Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd, MS RL63, Malibu, CA 90265
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Abstract

SixGe1–x heterostructures on Si substrates have been widely studied due to the maturity of Si technology. However, work on SixGe1–x heterostructures on Ge substrates has not received much attention. A SixGe1–x: layer on a Si substrate is under compressive strain while SixGe1–x on Ge is under tensile strain; thus the critical points will behave differently. In order to accurately characterize high Ge content SixGe1–x layers the energy shift algorithm, which is used to calculate alloy compositions, has been modified. These results have been used along with variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE) measurements to characterize SixGe1–x/Ge superlattices grown on Ge substrates. The results are found to agree closely with high resolution x-ray diffraction measurements made on the same samples.

The modified energy shift algorithm also allows the VASE analysis to be upgraded in order to characterize linearly graded layers. In this work VASE has been used to characterize graded SixGe1–x layers in terms of the total thickness, and the start and end alloy composition. Results are presented for a 1 µm SixGe1–x layer linearly graded in the range 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1.0.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 358: Symposium F – Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors , 1994 , 993
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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