OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SI1-XCX/SI(0-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-X-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-0.014) SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS

被引:11
作者
LEE, HS [1 ]
KURTZ, SR [1 ]
FLORO, JA [1 ]
STRANE, J [1 ]
SEAGER, CH [1 ]
LEE, SR [1 ]
JONES, ED [1 ]
NELSON, JF [1 ]
MAYER, T [1 ]
PICRAUX, ST [1 ]
机构
[1] SANDIA NATL LABS, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87185 USA
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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 10B期
关键词
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SIC ALLOYS; SI SUBSTRATE; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; HYDROGEN PASSIVATION;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.L1340
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
We have characterized the optical properties of heteroepitexial Si1-xCx/Si(0 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 0.014) alloys grown on Si substrates by solid phase epitaxy using spectroscopic ellipsometry and photoluminescence. The measured dielectric function confirms that the samples are of good crystalline quality. The 14-K photoluminescence spectra of Si1-xCx/Si show several defect peaks. After hydrogen passivation, we observed a new peak near 1.15-1.17 eV which in creases in energy with the incorporation of carbon. We tentatively assign this peak to the no-phonon peak of the Si1-xCx epi-layer. We discuss the alloy shift of the observed spectroscopic features in terms of the C-induced change in the Si indirect band gap.
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页码:L1340 / L1343
页数:4
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