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Effects of Impurities on the Competition between Solid Phase Epitaxy and Random Crystallization In Ion-Implanted Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

G.L. Olson ,
J.A. Roth ,
Y. Rytz-Froidevaux  and
J. Narayan
G.L. Olson
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265
J.A. Roth
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265
Y. Rytz-Froidevaux
Affiliation:
Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA 90265
J. Narayan
Affiliation:
Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Abstract

The temperature dependent competition between solid phase epitaxy and random crystallization in ion-implanted (As+, B+, F+, and BF2+) silicon films is investigated. Measurements of time-resolved reflectivity during cw laser heating show that in the As+, F+, and BF2+-implanted layers (conc 4×1020cm-3) epitaxial growth is disrupted at temperatures 1000°C. This effect is not observed in intrinsic films or in the B+-implanted layers. Correlation with results of microstructural analyses and computer simulation of the reflectivity experiment indicates that disruption of epitaxy is caused by enhancement of the random crystallization rate by arsenic and fluorine. Kinetics parameters for the enhanced crystallization process are determined; results are interpreted in terms of impurity-catalyzed nucleation during the random crystallization process.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 35: Symposium A – Energy Beam-Solid Interactions and Transient Thermal Processing/1984 , 1984 , 211
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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