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Effect of compressive and tensile strain on misfit dislocation injection in SiGe epitaxial layers

Journal Article · · Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. B, Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.587007· OSTI ID:147067
 [1];  [2]
  1. Walter Schottky Institut, Garching (Germany)
  2. Siemens AG, Research Lab., Muenchen (Germany)

The relaxation behavior of short-period Si/Ge superlattices and Si{sub x}Ge{sub 1-x} alloy layers under compressive and tensile strain field is compared experimentally by means of transmission electron microscopy as well as theoretically on ethebasis of a half-loop dislocation nucleation mode. It was found that misfit dislocations in tensily strained layers grown on Ge(001) substrates are imperfect and of the 90{degrees} Shockley type provided some critical misfit f{sub c} is exceeded. Subsequent nucleation and glide of these partial dislocations on adjacent (111) glide planes leads to the formation of stacking faults and microtwins. In the low misfit regime (f

OSTI ID:
147067
Report Number(s):
CONF-9210296--
Journal Information:
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. B, Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena, Journal Name: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. B, Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 11; ISSN 0734-211X; ISSN JVTBD9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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