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In the light of energy balance and screw dislocation formation model,a detailed analysis is presented on strain relaxation mechanism of pseudomorphic SiGe based on the experimental result that shear modulus of low-temperature Si (LT-Si) is less than that of SiGe.The mechanism shows that strain is relaxed by dislocation formed in LT-Si buffer layer when the thickness of pseudomorphic SiGe film is smaller than the critical thickness, and dislocations prefecentially form in LT-Si layer then the thickness of the film is equal or exceeds the critical thickness,which agrees with the experimental results reported in the literature.At the same time,an experiment was carried out to grow relaxed Si0.8Ge0.2 virtual substrate using LT-Si technology.The results indicated that dislocations were resmicted to the LT-Si layer and the relaxation degree was 85.09% without threading dislocations in Si0.8Ge0.2.The experimental results proved that the strain of pseudomorphic Si0.8Ge0.2 is relaxed by dislocations formed in the LT-Si buffer layer.
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Keywords:
- low-temperature Si /
- pseudomorphic SiGe /
- relaxation mechanism /
- dislocation theory
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[1] Ogura A,Saitoh H,Kosemura D,Kakemura Y,Yoshida T,Takei M,Koganezawa T,Hirosawa I,Kohno M,Nishita T,Nakanishi T 2009 Electrochem.Solid-State Lett. 12 H117
[2] Wu X,Baribeau J M 2009 J.Appl.Phys. 105 435171
[3] Yeo Y 2007 Semicond.Sci.Technol. 22 177
[4] Ortolland C,Morin P,Chaton C,Mastromatteo E,Populaire C,Orain S,Leverd F,Stolk P,Buf F,Arnaud F 2006 Symposium on VLSI Technology 78
[5] Dai X Y,Hu H Y,Song J J,Xuan R X,Zhang H M 2008 Acta Phys.Sin. 57 5918(in Chinese)[戴显英、胡辉勇、宋建军、宣荣喜、张鹤鸣 2008 57 5918]
[6] Welser J,Hoyt J L,Gibbons J F 1992 IEDM 1000
[7] Xie Y H,Fitzgerald E A,Silverman P J,Kortan A R,Weir B E 1992 Mater.Sci.and Eng. 14 332
[8] Liu J L,Moore C D,U'Ren G D,Luo Y H,Lu Y,Jin G,Thomas S G,Goorsky M S,Wang K L 1999 Appl.Phys.Lett. 75 1586
[9] Trinkaus H,Hollander B,Rongen S,Mantl S,Herzog H J,Kuchenbecker J,Hackbarth T 2000 Appl.Phys.Lett. 76 3552
[10] Yang H,Fan Y 2006 Pan Tao Ti Hsueh Pao 27 144
[11] Luo Y H,Wan J,Forrest R L,Liu J L,Goorsky M S,Wang K L 2001 J.Appl.Phys. 89 8279
[12] Chen H,Guo L W,Cui Q,Hu Q,Huang Q,Zhou J M 1996 J.Appl.Phys. 79 1167
[13] Van Der Merwe J H 1963 J.Appl.Phys. 34 123
[14] Matthews J W,Blakeslee A E 1974 J.Cryst.Growth 27 118
[15] People R,Bean J C 1985 Appl.Phys.Lett. 47 322
[16] Peng C S,Li Y K,Huang Q,Zhou J M 2001 11th International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy 740
[17] Bolkhovityanov Y B,Gutakovskii A K,Mashanov V I,Pchelyakov O P,Revenko M A,Sokolov L V 2001 Thin Solid Films 392 98
[18] Linder K K,Zhang F C,Rieh J S,Bhattacharya P 1997 J.Cryst.Growth 175 499
[19] Lee S W,Chen H C,Chen L J,Peng Y H,Kuan C H,Cheng H H 2002 J.Appl.Phys. 92 6880
[20] Luo Y H,Wan J,Forrest R L,Liu J L,Jin G,Goorsky M S,Wang K L 2001 Appl.Phys.Lett. 78 454
[21] Li J H,Peng C S,Wu Y,Dai D Y,Zhou J M,Mai Z H 1997 Appl.Phys.Lett. 71 3132
[22] Linder K K,Zhang F C,Rieh J S,Bhattacharya P,Houghton D 1997 Appl.Phys.Lett. 70 3224
[23] Nix W D 1998 Scripta Mater. 39 545
[24] Dundurs J,Gangadharan A C 1969 Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 17 459
[25] Chou Y T 1966 Phys.Status Solidi 17 509
[26] Hirth J P,Lothe J,Nabarro F R N,Smoluchowski R 1968 Physics Today 21 85
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