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Low-Energy Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Carsten Rosenblad ,
Thomas Graf ,
Alex Dommann  and
Hans Von känel
Carsten Rosenblad
Affiliation:
Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Thomas Graf
Affiliation:
Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Alex Dommann
Affiliation:
Neu-Technikum Buchs, CH-9470 Buchs, Switzerland
Hans Von känel
Affiliation:
Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Abstract

We discuss a new method for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, applied to the epitaxial growth of Si and of Si-Ge heterostructures. Growth rates up to 5 nm/s become possible at substrate temperatures below 600°C, by utilizing very intense but low energy plasmas to crack the reactive gases, SiH4 and GeH4, and to speed up the surface kinetics. The method is applied to the synthesis of step-graded Si-Ge buffer layers, exhibiting the well known cross-hatched surface morphology.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 533: Symposium FF – Epitaxy & Applications of Si-Based Heterostructures , 1998 , 301
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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