Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
A new technique for silicon epitaxial growth has been developed using mercury—sensitized photochemical vapor deposition (photo—CVD). Epitaxial thin layers were grown on (100) Si substrates at 100–300ºC from a gas mixture of Si2H6+AiH2F2+H2 by irradiation of a low pressure mercury lamp (1849A, 2537A). Refiective high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and Raman scattering measurements showed that the epitaxial layers had good crystallinities.The epitaxial layers were characterized by secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) and the van der Pauw Hall2 measurements. The undoped Si layer showed the electron mobility of 520cm2/Vs with a carrier concentration of 3.2xl04cm