Ge(Sn) growth on Si(001) by magnetron sputtering

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作者
Khelidj, H. [1 ,2 ]
Portavoce, A. [1 ]
Bertoglio, M. [1 ]
Descoins, M. [1 ]
Patout, L. [1 ]
Hoummada, K. [1 ]
Hallen, A. [3 ]
Charai, A. [1 ]
Benoudia, M. C. [2 ]
Mangelinck, D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Aix Marseille Univ, IM2NP, Fac Sci St Jerome, CNRS, Case 142, F-13397 Marseille, France
[2] Ecole Natl Super Mines & Met, L3M, Annaba, Algeria
[3] Royal Inst Technol, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci EECS, KTH, SE-16440 Kista, Sweden
来源
MATERIALS TODAY COMMUNICATIONS | 2021年 / 26卷
关键词
GeSn; Magnetron sputtering; Silicon substrate; Epitaxy; SI; 100; SILICON; GE; TEMPERATURE; IMPROVEMENT; ALLOYS; FILMS;
D O I
10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101915
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The semi-conductor Ge1-xSnx exhibits interesting properties for optoelectronic applications. In particular, Ge1-xSnx alloys with x >= 0.1 exhibit a direct band-gap, and integrated in complementary-metal-oxidesemiconductor (CMOS) technology, should allow the development of Si photonics. CMOS-compatible magnetron sputtering deposition was shown to produce monocrystalline Ge1-xSnx films with good electrical properties at low cost. However, these layers were grown at low temperature (< 430 K) and contained less than 6 % of Sn. In this work, Ge1-xSnx thin films were elaborated at higher temperature (> 600 K) on Si(001) by magnetron sputtering in order to produce low-cost and CMOS-compatible relaxed pseudo-coherent layers with x >= 0.1 exhibiting a better crystallinity. Ge1-xSnx crystallization and Ge1-xSnx crystal growth were investigated. Crystallization of an amorphous Ge1-xSnx layer deposited on Si(001) or Ge(001) grown on Si(001) leads to the growth of polycrystalline films. Furthermore, the competition between Ge/Sn phase separation and Ge1-xSnx growth prevents the formation of large-grain Sn-rich Ge1-xSnx layers without the formation of beta-Sn islands on the layer surface, due to significant atomic redistribution kinetics at the crystallization temperature (T = 733 K for x = 0.17). However, the growth at T = 633 K of a highly-relaxed pseudo-coherent Ge0.9Sn0.1 film with low impurity concentrations (< 2 x 10(19) at cm(-3)) and an electrical resistivity four orders of magnitude smaller than undoped Ge is demonstrated. Consequently, magnetron sputtering appears as an interesting technique for the integration of optoelectronic and photonic devices based on Ge1-xSnx layers in the CMOS technology.
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