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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 97, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1844606
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The injection of Si self-interstitial atoms during dry oxidation at 815 degreesC of very shallow SiGe layers grown on Si (001) by molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) has been investigated. We first quantified the oxidation enhanced diffusion (OED) of two boron deltas buried into the Si underlying the oxidized SiGe layers. Then, by simulating the interstitial diffusion in the MBE material with a code developed on purpose, we estimated the interstitial supersaturation (S) at the SiGe/Si interface. We found that S (a) is lower than that observed in pure Si, (b) is Ge-concentration dependent, and (c) has a very fast transient behavior. After such a short transient, the OED is completely suppressed, and the suppression lasts for long annealing times even after the complete oxidation of the SiGe layer. The above results have been related to the mechanism of oxidation of SiGe in which the Ge piles up at the SiO2/SiGe interface by producing a thin and defect-free layer with a very high concentration of Ge. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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