Elongated shaped Si island formation on 3C-SiC by chemical vapor deposition and its application to antiphase domain observation

被引:14
作者
Ishida, Y
Takahashi, T
Okumura, H
Sekigawa, T
Yoshida, S
机构
[1] Electrotech Lab, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
[2] Saitama Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Elect & Syst Engn, Urawa, Saitama 338870, Japan
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1999年 / 38卷 / 6A期
关键词
3C-SiC; heteroepitaxial growth; elongated Si island; APD; anisotropic diffusion;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.38.3470
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We have investigated the early stage of Si growth on 3C-SiC. We found that adsorbed Si atoms on a 3C-SiC surface form elongated islands 2-3 mu m long and parallel to the [110] direction. The formation of anisotropic islands can be explained by the anisotropic diffusion constant of Si adatoms on a 3C-SiC surface. We proposed a novel, method to observe antiphase domains (APDs) using this characteristic of Si island growth on 3C-SiC.
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页码:3470 / 3474
页数:5
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