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keV- and MeV-ion beam synthesis of buried SiC layers in silicon

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OSTI ID:375936
Homogeneous, epitaxial buried layers of 3C-SiC have been formed in Si(100) and Si(111) by ion beam synthesis (IBS) using 180 keV high dose C ion implantation. It is shown that an annealing temperature of 1,250 C and annealing times of 5 to 10 h are sufficient to achieve well-defined Si/SiC/Si layer systems with abrupt interfaces. The influence of dose, annealing time and temperature on the layer formation is studied. The favorable dose is observed to be dependent on the substrate orientation. IBS using 0.8 MeV C ions resulted in a buried SiC precipitate layer of variable composition.
OSTI ID:
375936
Report Number(s):
CONF-941144--; ISBN 1-55899-255-3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English