Segregation and trapping of erbium during silicon molecular beam epitaxy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Mar 1995 English Publisher:AIP PublishingJournal:Applied Physics Letters, volume 66, pages 1,385-1,387 (issn: 0003-6951, eissn: 1077-3118,

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Authors: Serna, Rosalía; Lohmeier, M.; Zagwijn, P. M.; Vlieg, E.; Polman, A.;

doi: 10.1063/1.113209

handle: 10261/21170

Segregation and trapping of erbium during silicon molecular beam epitaxy

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Erbium surface segregation is observed during growth of Er-doped Si by molecular beam epitaxy on Si(100) at 600 °C. Once a critical Er surface areal density of 2×1014 Er/cm2 is reached, enhanced Er trapping is observed, possibly due to the formation of silicide precipitates. Er segregation on Si(100) is fully avoided when growth is performed in an oxygen background pressure of ∼10−10 mbar, due to the formation of Er-O complexes. No Er segregation is observed on Si(111), which is attributed to the formation of epitaxial Er3Si5 precipitates.

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