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Charged Dangling Bonds and Crystallization in Group IV Semiconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P.J. Germain ,
M.A. Paesler ,
D.E. Sayers  and
K. Zellama
P.J. Germain
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650
M.A. Paesler
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650
D.E. Sayers
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650
K. Zellama
Affiliation:
Université Paris VII, Groupe de Physique des Solides de L'E.N.S. Place JUSSIEU, 75221 Paris Cedex 05
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Abstract

Crystallization of amorphous Ge (or Si) has been studied as a function of temperature and the flux of ionizing radiation (or doping). The crystallization growth rate Vg takes on the form Vg = vo exp(−E/kT) where vo is an increasing function of flux (or doping). We propose the following to explain these data: A concentration of mobile dangling bonds (DBs) exists in the bulk and near the amorphous-crystalline (a-c) interface. Ionization and doping induce transitions from the uncharged state Do to the charged states D+ and D−. The process controlling crystallization resulting in the above activation energy is discussed. Only certain sites on the a-side of the a-c interface are available for crystallization, and these sites are those which have captured DBs. The charged D+; and D− states have a larger capture cross section than the uncharged Do state. Increased concentrations of charged DBs results in an enhancement of the prefactor in the above equation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 13 , 1982 , 135
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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Footnotes

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on leave from Université Paris VII, address above

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MAP acknowledges the support of the General Electric Corporation

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