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Title: Interaction of cavities with misfit dislocations in SiGe/Si heterostructures

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OSTI ID:369690

Consequences of the strong, short-range attractive interaction between cavities and misfit dislocations are examined in SiGe/Si heterostructures. When He is implanted at the SiGe/Si interface, either in situ during epitaxial growth or by post-growth treatment, cavities form and locate on the misfit dislocation cores. The misfit dislocations are no longer straight lines extending over several microns, but form a network with jogs and intersections at the cavities. The He-implanted cavity layer enhances thermal relaxation of the strained alloy and may increase the achievable degree of relaxation by lowering dislocation energies.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
369690
Report Number(s):
SAND-96-0879C; CONF-960994-2; ON: DE96015015; TRN: 96:005264
Resource Relation:
Conference: IBMM `96: 10. international conference on ion beam modification of materials, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 1-6 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English