SOLID-PHASE EPITAXIAL CRYSTALLIZATION OF STRAIN-RELAXED SI1-XGEX ALLOY LAYERS

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作者
KRINGHOJ, P
ELLIMAN, RG
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[1] Electronic Materials Engineering Department, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.858
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Solid-phase epitaxial crystallization (SPEC) of Si, Ge, and strain-relaxed Si1-xGex alloys, with x in the range 0.11 to 0.53, is investigated in the temperature range 300 to 650-degrees-C. The activation energy for SPEC is shown not to vary monotonically with increasing Ge concentration but to increase above that of Si for Ge concentrations less than x less-than-or-equal-to 0.4. This unexpected behavior is discussed in terms of existing models for SPEC.
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