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Outdiffusion of Magnesium from Mg + implanted GaAs.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

H. Baratte ,
T. N. Jackson ,
D. K. Sadana ,
J. F. Degelormo ,
G.J. Scilla  and
F. Cardone
H. Baratte
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY10598
T. N. Jackson
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY10598
D. K. Sadana
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY10598
J. F. Degelormo
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY10598
G.J. Scilla
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY10598
F. Cardone
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, NY10598
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Abstract

Magnesium implanted at high doses (1×1014cm−2 for a 120keV implant energy) into GaAs diffuses out of the crystal upon annealing. The outdiffusion is reduced, but not eliminated, when rapid thermal annealing is employed rather than furnace annealing. We have investigated various mechanisms that may explain this large outdiffusion. The high vapor pressure of the magnesium is not responsible for the outdiffusion since beryllium, which has a low vapor pressure, also outdiffuses. The presence of oxygen in the anneal ambient mostly leads to significant GaAs surface etching. The etching is more pronounced in the case of shallow energy and high dose implants, which suggests some oxygen- magnesium interaction mechanism. A high level of damage at the GaAs surface in the case of shallow magnesium implantation at high dose may also favor rapid outdiffusion of interstitial magnesium.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 144: Symposium W – Advances in Materials, Processing and Devices in III-V Compound Semiconductors , 1988 , 451
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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