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Defect Growth Interruption Phenomena Related to Impurity Atoms in Growing Multilayer Si-Si1−x Gex Systems Deposited by APCVD
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Abstract
The present paper examines conditions which can lead to generation or blocking of structural defects as observed in the deposition of the Si-Si1−x Gex heterostructures prepared by conventional AP CVD. The lowering of the epitaxial temperature can lead to a breakdown of the epitaxial growth and to a generation of defects such as dendritically grown polycrystalline inclusions. Their generation depends on the moisture and oxygen content in the gas mixture. Fast cooling during growth of the underlying buffer layer leads to defect growth interruption and is attributed to the influence of hydrogen adsorption / desorption. A similar defect growth blocking has been found by addition of diborane to the gas mixture during CVD deposition.
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