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Denneulin, T.; Rouvière, J.L.; Béché, A.; Py, M.; Barnes, J.P.; Rochat, N.; Hartmann, J.M.; Cooper, D. |
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The reduction of the substitutional C content in annealed Si/SiGeC superlattices studied by dark-field electron holography |
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2011 |
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Semiconductor science and technology |
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Semicond Sci Tech |
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26 |
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12 |
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1-10 |
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A1 Journal article; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) |
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Si/Si(1 − x − y)GexCy superlattices are used in the construction of new microelectronic architectures such as multichannel transistors. The introduction of carbon in SiGe allows for compensation of the strain and to avoid plastic relaxation. However, the formation of incoherent β-SiC clusters during annealing limits the processability of SiGeC. This precipitation leads to a modification of the strain in the alloy due to the reduction of the substitutional carbon content. Here, we investigated the strain in annealed Si/Si0.744Ge0.244C0.012 superlattices grown by reduced pressure chemical vapour deposition using dark-field electron holography. The variation of the substitutional C content was calculated by correlating the results with finite-element simulations. The obtained values were then compared with Fourier-transformed infrared spectrometry measurements. It was shown that after annealing for 2 min at 1050 °C carbon no longer has any influence on strain in the superlattice, which behaves like pure SiGe. However, a significant proportion of substitutional C atoms remain in a third-nearest neighbour (3nn) configuration. It was deduced that the influence of 3nn C on strain is negligible and that only isolated atoms have a significant contribution. It was also proposed that the 3nn configuration is an intermediary step during the formation of SiC clusters. |
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000300151300010 |
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2011-11-07 |
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0268-1242 |
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2.305 |
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Most recent IF: 2.305; 2011 IF: 1.723 |
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UA @ lucian @ c:irua:136427 |
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4508 |
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