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Relationship Between Graded Layer Structures and Defects in Silicon-Germanium Virtual Substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Kazuki Mizushima ,
Ichiro Shiono ,
Kenji Yamaguchi  and
Naoki Muraki
Kazuki Mizushima
Affiliation:
Central Research Institute, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 1-297 Kitabukuro-cho, Omiya, Saitama 330-8508, Japan
Ichiro Shiono
Affiliation:
Central Research Institute, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 1-297 Kitabukuro-cho, Omiya, Saitama 330-8508, Japan
Kenji Yamaguchi
Affiliation:
Central Research Institute, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, 1-297 Kitabukuro-cho, Omiya, Saitama 330-8508, Japan
Naoki Muraki
Affiliation:
Mitsubishi Materials Silicon Corporation, 314 Nishisangao, Noda, Chiba 278-0051, Japan
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Abstract

Silicon-germanium virtual substrates have been synthesized by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition. We obtained threading dislocation densities ranging from 105 to 106 cm−2, surface roughness ranging from 1.5 to 4 nm, and also cross-hatch pattern densities, depending on the grading rate and top layer germanium composition. For the typical sample, which has a linear-graded structure with a grading rate of 20%/[µm, and germanium composition of 30 % at the top layer, we obtained dislocation densities of about 106 cm−2 and root mean squared surface roughness of about 3 nm. The obtained dislocation densities are equivalent with the virtual substrates synthesized by ultra-high vacuum system. On the other hand the surface roughness is superior to the typical reported values. In this study three kinds of structures, i.e. linear-graded, stepwise, and graded-step structures, were considered. We found the defects are effectively reduced by introduction of an optimum number of steps in the graded layer.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 648: Symposium P – Growth, Evolution & Properties of Surfaces, Thin Films, and Self Organized Structure , 2000 , P11.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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