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Title: Incoherent-light-flash annealing of phosphorus-implanted silicon

Journal Article · · Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.91846· OSTI ID:5314435

Incoherent light pulses emitted from a xenon flash lamp were used to anneal radiation damage in (100) silicon implanted with 2 x 10/sup 15/ /sup 31/P/sup +//cm/sup 2/ at 100 keV. Electrical carrier concentration has been determined by means of differential sheet resistivity and Hall effect together with the anodic oxidation stripping technique; the surface photovoltage technique has been used to evaluate bulk lifetime and Rutherford backscattering and transmission electron microscopy for analysis of radiation damage. Damage recovery appears to take place via a solid phase epitaxial process. Electrical activity and carrier mobility values of samples annealed by incoherent light are similar to those obtained by laser, electron beam, and furnace annealing. The bulk lifetime of minority carriers is not degraded.

Research Organization:
Laboratorio LAMEL, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via de' Castagnoli 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy
OSTI ID:
5314435
Journal Information:
Appl. Phys. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 37:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English