GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Well Mixing Using Low Energy Ion Implantation and Rapid Thermal Annealing

1988 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Elman ◽  
Emil S. Koteles ◽  
P. Melman ◽  
C. A. Armiento

ABSTRACTLow energy ion implantation followed by rapid thermal annealing (RTA) was utilized to modify exciton transition energies of MBE- rown GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells (QW). The samples were irradiated with an 75As ion beam with an energy low enough that the depth of the disordered region was spatially separated from the QWs. After RTA, exciton energies (determined using optical spectroscopy) showed large increases which were dependent on QW widths and the implantation fluence with no significant increases in peak linewidths. These energy shifts were interpreted as resulting from the modification of the shapes of the as-grown QWs from square (abrupt interfaces) to rounded due to enhanced Ga and Al interdiffusion in irradiated areas. These results are similar to our data on the RTA of the same structures capped with SiO2 and are consistent with the model of enhanced intermixing of Al and Ga atoms due to diffusion of vacancies generated near the surface.

2004 ◽  
Vol 03 (04n05) ◽  
pp. 425-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. MARKWITZ ◽  
S. JOHNSON ◽  
M. RUDOLPHI ◽  
H. BAUMANN

A combination of 10 keV 13 C low energy ion implantation and electron beam rapid thermal annealing (EB-RTA) is used to fabricate silicon carbide nanostructures on (100) silicon surfaces. These large ellipsoidal features appear after EB-RTA at 1000°C for 15 s. Prior to annealing, the silicon surfaces are virgin-like flat. Atomic force microscopy was used to study the morphology of these structures and it was found that the diameter and number of nanoboulders are linearly dependent on the implantation fluence. Further, a linear relationship between nanoboulder diameter and spacing suggests crystal coarsening is a fundamental element in the growth mechanism.


1996 ◽  
Vol 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Jie Qi ◽  
Zhi-Sheng Wang ◽  
Zhi-Guang Gu ◽  
Guo-Ping Ru ◽  
Guo-Bao Jialig ◽  
...  

AbstractThe ion-beam-sputtered polycrystalline SiGe film and its doping properties have been studied. Boron and phosphorus have been doped into the sputtered poly-SiGe film by ion implantation and diffusion. To activate the implanted impurities, both rapid thermal annealing and fiirnace annealing have been used. The electrical measurements show that boron and plhosphorus can be doped into sputtered SiGe films and effectively activated by both ion implantation with post-annealing and diffiision. Hall mobilities as high as 31 cm2/V-s and 20 cm2/V.s have been obtained in B-difflhsed and P-diffused SiGe films, respectively. The x-ray diffraction spectra of the sputtered Sifie filhn show its typical polycrystalline structure with (111), (220) and (311) as the preferential orientations.


1990 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Niewöhner ◽  
D. Depta

ABSTRACTFormation of CoSi2 using the technique of ion implantation through metal (ITM) and subsequent appropriate rapid thermal annealing is described. Silicide morphology is investigated by SEM and TEM. SIMS and RBS are used to determine dopant distribution and junction depth. Self-aligned CoSi2/n+p diodes produced in this technique are presented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
pp. 274-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Hönicke ◽  
Matthias Müller ◽  
Burkhard Beckhoff

The continuing shrinking of the component dimensions in ULSI technology requires junction depths in the 20-nm regime and below to avoid leakage currents. These ultra shallow dopant distributions can be formed by ultra-low energy (ULE) ion implantation. However, accurate measurement techniques for ultra-shallow dopant profiles are required in order to characterize ULE implantation and the necessary rapid thermal annealing (RTA) processes.


2001 ◽  
Vol 669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veerle Meyssen ◽  
Peter Stolk ◽  
Jeroen van Zijl ◽  
Jurgen van Berkum ◽  
Willem van de Wijgert ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThis paper studies the use of ion implantation and rapid thermal annealing for the fabrication of shallow junctions in sub-100 nm CMOS technology. Spike annealing recipes were optimized on the basis of delta-doping diffusion experiments and shallow junction characteristics. In addition, using GeF2 pre-amorphization implants in combination with low-energy BF2 and spike annealing, p-type junctions depths of 30 nm were obtained with sheet resistances as low as 390 Ω/sq. The combined finetuning of implantation and annealing conditions is expected to enable junction scaling into the 70-nm CMOS technology node.


2000 ◽  
Vol 618 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. T. K. Kwok ◽  
A. H. P. Ho ◽  
X. C. Zeng ◽  
C. Chan ◽  
P. K. Chu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTRecent advances in the preparation of gallium nitride (GaN) and related compounds have made possible the production of blue semiconductor laser. Conventional preparation involves growing GaN thin films on lattice-mismatching sapphire using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). In this article, we describe an alternative method to produce a lattice-matching strained layer in GaAs for subsequent GaN growth by plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) followed by rapid thermal annealing. Our novel approach uses broad ion impact energy distribution and multiple implant voltages to form a spread-out nitrogen depth profile and an amorphous surface layer. This approach circumvents the retained dose and low nitrogen content problems associated with ion beam implantation at fix energy. Based on our Raman study, the resulting structure after PIII and rapid thermal annealing is strained and contains some GaN possibly in crystal form


2001 ◽  
Vol 692 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Fu ◽  
H. H. Tan ◽  
M. I. Cohen ◽  
C. Jagadish ◽  
L. V. Dao ◽  
...  

AbstractIon implantation induced intermixing of GaAs/AlGaAs and InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells was studied using low temperature photoluminescence. Large energy shifts were observed with proton implantation and subsequent rapid thermal annealing. Energy shifts were found to be linear as a function of dose for doses as high as ∼5×1016 cm−2. Proton implantation and subsequent rapid thermal annealing was used to tune the emission wavelength of InGaAs quantum well lasers as well as detection wavelength of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs). Emission wavelength of lasers showed blue shift whereas detection wavelength of QWIPs was red shifted with intermixing.


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