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X-Ray Measurements of Lattice Strain in Doped Epitaxial Silicon
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2011
Abstract
(100) silicon amorphized by antimony ion implantation was epitaxially regrown by either furnace or pulsed laser annealing. Rocking curves were measured on a double-crystal X-ray diffractometer, and compared with calculations based on a one-dimensional strain profile. For laser annealed samples the strain profile followed that of the antimony (redistributed by surface melting), with a proportionality constant given by the Pauling covalent radius ratio. For furnace annealed samples however the strain was found to be deeper, but of smaller peak magnitude, than that expected from the antimony distribution. This is attributed to formation and movement of defects acting to relax lattice strain. Other X-ray strain measurements on epitaxial silicon containing other dòpants are briefly reviewed.
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