Ultra-High B Doping During Si(1-X)ge(x)(001) Gas-Source Molecular-Beam Epitaxy: A Mechanistic Study of Layer Growth Kinetics, Dopant Incorporation, Electrical Activation, and Carrier Transport

CB in Si1-xGex(001) increases with precursor flux ratio and B is incorporated into active sites at concentrations to C*B (Ts) = 2.5 x 1020 and 4.6 x 1020 cm-3 for x = 0 and 0.18 at Ts = 600 and 500°C, respectively. At higher B concentrations, there is a large decrease in the activated fraction of incorporated B. The total acceptor concentration continues to increase. No B precipitates or misfit dislocations were detected by HR-XRD or TEM. The out-of-plane lattice constant a⊥ decreases linearly with increasing C*B and non-linearly, for CB > C*B . Electrical properties are in good agreement with theoretical values to C*B . When thetaB > thetaB,sat, B accumulates in the upper layer, and a parallel incorporation channel becomes available in which B is incorporated as B-pairs which are electrically inactive.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Materials Science and Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Glass, Glenn Aaron

Contributors dc:contributor

• Greene, Joseph E.

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9953025

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82923