scholarly journals Investigation of the Heteroepitaxial Process Optimization of Ge Layers on Si (001) by RPCVD

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 928
Author(s):  
Yong Du ◽  
Zhenzhen Kong ◽  
Muhammet Toprak ◽  
Guilei Wang ◽  
Yuanhao Miao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Reduced Pressure

This work presents the growth of high-quality Ge epilayers on Si (001) substrates using a reduced pressure chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) chamber. Based on the initial nucleation, a low temperature high temperature (LT-HT) two-step approach, we systematically investigate the nucleation time and surface topography, influence of a LT-Ge buffer layer thickness, a HT-Ge growth temperature, layer thickness, and high temperature thermal treatment on the morphological and crystalline quality of the Ge epilayers. It is also a unique study in the initial growth of Ge epitaxy; the start point of the experiments includes Stranski–Krastanov mode in which the Ge wet layer is initially formed and later the growth is developed to form nuclides. Afterwards, a two-dimensional Ge layer is formed from the coalescing of the nuclides. The evolution of the strain from the beginning stage of the growth up to the full Ge layer has been investigated. Material characterization results show that Ge epilayer with 400 nm LT-Ge buffer layer features at least the root mean square (RMS) value and it’s threading dislocation density (TDD) decreases by a factor of 2. In view of the 400 nm LT-Ge buffer layer, the 1000 nm Ge epilayer with HT-Ge growth temperature of 650 °C showed the best material quality, which is conducive to the merging of the crystals into a connected structure eventually forming a continuous and two-dimensional film. After increasing the thickness of Ge layer from 900 nm to 2000 nm, Ge surface roughness decreased first and then increased slowly (the RMS value for 1400 nm Ge layer was 0.81 nm). Finally, a high-temperature annealing process was carried out and high-quality Ge layer was obtained (TDD=2.78 × 107 cm−2). In addition, room temperature strong photoluminescence (PL) peak intensity and narrow full width at half maximum (11 meV) spectra further confirm the high crystalline quality of the Ge layer manufactured by this optimized process. This work highlights the inducing, increasing, and relaxing of the strain in the Ge buffer and the signature of the defect formation.

The Influence of Growth Temperature on Oxygen Concentration in GaN Buffer Layer

2008 ◽  
Vol 1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Dumiszewska ◽  
Wlodek Strupinski ◽  
Piotr Caban ◽  
Marek Wesolowski ◽  
Dariusz Lenkiewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Oxygen Concentration ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Buffer Layers ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Temperature Growth ◽  
Gan Buffer Layer

ABSTRACTThe influence of growth temperature on oxygen incorporation into GaN epitaxial layers was studied. GaN layers deposited at low temperatures were characterized by much higher oxygen concentration than those deposited at high temperature typically used for epitaxial growth. GaN buffer layers (HT GaN) about 1 μm thick were deposited on GaN nucleation layers (NL) with various thicknesses. The influence of NL thickness on crystalline quality and oxygen concentration of HT GaN layers were studied using RBS and SIMS. With increasing thickness of NL the crystalline quality of GaN buffer layers deteriorates and the oxygen concentration increases. It was observed that oxygen atoms incorporated at low temperature in NL diffuse into GaN buffer layer during high temperature growth as a consequence GaN NL is the source for unintentional oxygen doping.

Influence of buffer layer thickness and epilayer’s growth temperature on crystalline quality of InAs0.6P0.4/InP grown by LP-MOCVD

2011 ◽  
Vol 151 (12) ◽  
pp. 904-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Liu ◽  
Hang Song ◽  
Guoqing Miao ◽  
Hong Jiang ◽  
Lianzhen Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Buffer Layer Thickness

Effect of buffer layer thickness and epilayer growth temperature on crystalline quality of InAs0.9Sb0.1 grown by MOCVD

2008 ◽  
Vol 466 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 507-511
Author(s):  
Shuzhen Yu ◽  
Guoqing Miao ◽  
Jianchun Xie ◽  
Yixin Jin ◽  
Tiemin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Buffer Layer Thickness

Structure and Orientation of As Precipitates in LT-MBE Grown GaAs

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 900-901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Claverie ◽  
Zuzanna Liliental-Weber
Keyword(s):  
Transport Properties ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Lattice Parameter ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Insulating Properties ◽  
Lt Gaas

GaAs layers grown by MBE at low temperatures (in the 200°C range, LT-GaAs) have been reported to have very interesting electronic and transport properties. Previous studies have shown that, before annealing, the crystalline quality of the layers is related to the growth temperature. Lowering the temperature or increasing the layer thickness generally results in some columnar polycrystalline growth. For the best “temperature-thickness” combinations, the layers may be very As rich (up to 1.25%) resulting in an up to 0.15% increase of the lattice parameter, consistent with the excess As. Only after annealing are the technologically important semi-insulating properties of these layers observed. When annealed in As atmosphere at about 600°C a decrease of the lattice parameter to the substrate value is observed. TEM studies show formation of precipitates which are supposed to be As related since the average As concentration remains almost unchanged upon annealing.

scholarly journals Strained Si0.2Ge0.8/Ge multilayer Stacks Epitaxially Grown on a Low-/High-Temperature Ge Buffer Layer and Selective Wet-Etching of Germanium

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1715
Author(s):  
Lu Xie ◽  
Huilong Zhu ◽  
Yongkui Zhang ◽  
Xuezheng Ai ◽  
Guilei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Wet Etching ◽  
Short Channel ◽  
Reduced Pressure ◽  
Temperature Growth ◽  
Vapor Deposition Technique ◽  
H2o2 Solution ◽  
The Impact

With the development of new designs and materials for nano-scale transistors, vertical Gate-All-Around Field Effect Transistors (vGAAFETs) with germanium as channel materials have emerged as excellent choices. The driving forces for this choice are the full control of the short channel effect and the high carrier mobility in the channel region. In this work, a novel process to form the structure for a VGAA transistor with a Ge channel is presented. The structure consists of multilayers of Si0.2Ge0.8/Ge grown on a Ge buffer layer grown by the reduced pressure chemical vapor deposition technique. The Ge buffer layer growth consists of low-temperature growth at 400 °C and high-temperature growth at 650 °C. The impact of the epitaxial quality of the Ge buffer on the defect density in the Si0.2Ge0.8/Ge stack has been studied. In this part, different thicknesses (0.6, 1.2 and 2.0 µm) of the Ge buffer on the quality of the Si0.2Ge0.8/Ge stack structure have been investigated. The thicker Ge buffer layer can improve surface roughness. A high-quality and atomically smooth surface with RMS 0.73 nm of the Si0.2Ge0.8/Ge stack structure can be successfully realized on the 1.2 µm Ge buffer layer. After the epitaxy step, the multilayer is vertically dry-etched to form a fin where the Ge channel is selectively released to SiGe by using wet-etching in HNO3 and H2O2 solution at room temperature. It has been found that the solution concentration has a great effect on the etch rate. The relative etching depth of Ge is linearly dependent on the etching time in H2O2 solution. The results of this study emphasize the selective etching of germanium and provide the experimental basis for the release of germanium channels in the future.

Characteristics of Polycrystalline 3C-SiC Thin Films Grown on AlN Buffer Layer by CVD

2008 ◽  
Vol 600-603 ◽  
pp. 255-258
Author(s):  
Gwiy Sang Chung ◽  
Kang San Kim
Keyword(s):  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Electron Mobility ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Suitable Material ◽  
Bonding Structure ◽  
Ft Ir ◽  
Aln Buffer

This paper describes the characteristics of poly (Polycrystalline) 3C-SiC grown on SiO2 and AlN buffers, respectively. The crystallinity and the bonding structure of poly 3C-SiC grown on each buffer layer were investigated according to various growth temperatures. The crystalline quality of poly 3C-SiC was improved from resulting in decrease of FWHM (Full width half maximum) of XRD and FT-IR by increasing the growth temperature. The minimum growth temperature of poly 3C-SiC was 1100 °C. The surface chemical composition and the electron mobility of poly 3C-SiC grown on each buffer layer were investigated by XPS and Hall Effect. The chemical compositions of surface of poly 3C-SiC grown on SiO2 and AlN were not different. However, their electron mobilities were 7.65 ㎝2/V.s and 14.8 ㎝2/V.s, respectively. Therefore, since the electron mobility of 3C-SiC/AlN was two times higher than that of 3C-SiC/SiO2, AlN is a suitable material, as buffer layer, for SiC growth with excellent crystalline quality.

Effects of Buffer-layer Thickness and Active-layer Growth Temperature on ZnO Nanocrystalline Thin Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 739-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Young Leem ◽  
Byunggu Kim ◽  
Giwoong Nam ◽  
Youngbin Park ◽  
Hyunggil Park
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxy ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Molecular Beam ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Buffer Layer Thickness ◽  
Nanocrystalline Thin Films

Impact of SiC surface control on initial growth mode and crystalline quality of AlN grown by molecular-beam epitaxy

2003 ◽  
Vol 0 (7) ◽  
pp. 2529-2532
Author(s):  
N. Onojima ◽  
J. Suda ◽  
T. Kimoto ◽  
H. Matsunami
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Beam Epitaxy ◽  
Molecular Beam ◽  
Growth Mode ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Initial Growth ◽  
Surface Control

Effect of low-temperature GaN buffer layer on the crystalline quality of subsequent GaN layers grown by MOVPE

2007 ◽  
Vol 298 ◽  
pp. 232-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hoshino ◽  
N. Yanagita ◽  
M. Araki ◽  
K. Tadatomo
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Crystalline Quality ◽  
Gan Buffer Layer

scholarly journals The Progress on Low-Cost, High-Quality, High-Temperature Superconducting Tapes Deposited by the Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition Process

2001 ◽  
Vol 689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shara S. Shoup ◽  
Marvis K. White ◽  
Steve L. Krebs ◽  
Natalie Darnell ◽  
Adam C. King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Critical Current Density ◽  
Buffer Layer ◽  
Critical Current ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
High Critical Current Density ◽  
High Quality

ABSTRACTThe innovative Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition (CCVD) process is a non-vacuum technique that is being investigated to enable next generation products in several application areas including high-temperature superconductors (HTS). In combination with the Rolling Assisted Biaxially Textured Substrate (RABiTS) technology, the CCVD process has significant promise to provide low-cost, high-quality lengths of YBCO coated conductor. The CCVD technology has been used to deposit both buffer layer coatings as well as YBCO superconducting layers. A buffer layer architecture of strontium titanate and ceria have been deposited by CCVD on textured nickel substrates and optimized to appropriate thicknesses and microstructures to provide templates for growing PLD YBCO with high critical current density values. The CCVD buffer layers have been scaled to meter plus lengths with good epitaxial uniformity along the length. A short sample cut from one of the lengths enabled high critical current density PLD YBCO. Films of CCVD YBCO superconductors have been grown on single crystal substrates with critical current densities over 1 MA/cm2. Work is currently in progress to combine both the buffer layer and superconductor technologies to produce high-quality coupons of HTS tape made entirely by the non-vacuum CCVD process.

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