Impact of thickness on the structural properties of high tin content GeSn layers
Auteurs | Aubin J., Hartmann J.M., Gassenq A., Milord L., Pauc N., Reboud V., Calvo V. |
Year | 2017-0429 |
Source-Title | Journal of Crystal Growth |
Affiliations | Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, CEA, LETI, Minatec Campus, Grenoble, France, CEA-INAC, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France |
Abstract | We have grown various thicknesses of GeSn layers in a 200 mm industrial Reduced Pressure – Chemical Vapor Deposition cluster tool using digermane (Ge2H6) and tin tetrachloride (SnCl4). The growth pressure (100 Torr) and the F(Ge2H6)/F(SnCl4) mass-flow ratio were kept constant, and incorporation of tin in the range of 10–15% was achieved with a reduction in temperature: 325 °C for 10% to 301 °C for 15% of Sn. The layers were grown on 2.5 µm thick Ge Strain Relaxed Buffers, themselves on Si(0 0 1) substrates. We used X-ray Diffraction, Atomic Force Microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy to measure the Sn concentration, the strain state, the surface roughness and thickness as a function of growth duration. A dramatic degradation of the film was seen when the Sn concentration and layer thickness were too high resulting in rough/milky surfaces and significant Sn segregation. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. |
Author-Keywords | A1. Atomic force microscopy, A1. High resolution X-ray diffraction, A1. Segregation, A3. Chemical vapor deposition processes, B2. Alloys, B2. Semiconducting germanium |
Index-Keywords | Atomic force microscopy, Chemical vapor deposition, Deposition, Germanium, Scanning electron microscopy, Semiconducting germanium, Surface roughness, Vapor deposition, X ray diffraction, Chemical vapor deposition process, Growth pressure, High resolution X ray diffraction, Layer thickness, Mass flow ratios, Reduced pressure, Sn concentration, Strain relaxed buffers, Tin |
ISSN | 220248 |
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