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Growth and Characterization of Erbium Silicides Synthesized by Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc Ion Implantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

X. W. Zhang ,
W. Y. Cheung  and
S. P. Wong
X. W. Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, P. R. China
W. Y. Cheung
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, P. R. China
S. P. Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong, P. R. China
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Abstract

Erbium atoms were implanted into p-type Si (111) wafers at an extraction voltage of 60 kV to doses ranging from 5×1016 to 2×1017 cm−2 using a metal vapour vacuum arc (MEVVA) ion source. The implantation was performed with beam current densities from 3 to 26 µA/cm2 corresponding to substrate temperatures ranging from 85 to 245°C. The characterization of the as-implanted and annealed samples was performed using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, atomic force microscopy and x-ray diffraction. To determine the sputtering yield, masked implantation experiments were performed so that the thickness of the sputtered layer at different substrate temperatures can be obtained directly by an α-step surface profiler. The results showed that ErSi2-xwas directly formed by MEVVA implantation when the substrate temperature was higher than about 160°C. The effects of the implant dose and the beam current density on the retained dose, the sputtering yield and the surface morphology of the implanted samples were also studied.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 647: Symposium O – Ion Beam Synthesis & Processing of Advanced Materials , 2000 , O11.27
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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