Surface Roughness of SiGe/Si(110) Formed by Stress-Induced Twins and the Solution to Produce Smooth Surface

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ABSTRACT

Lattice-strained Si thin films grown onto SiGe(110)/Si(110) are attracting because of their potential to realize high-speed transistors. In this study we observe surface morphology of Si/SiGe/Si(110) using scanning electron microscopy and we also observe microstructure of the identical position using cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. These results reveal that crossing of stress-induced twins causes remarkable surface roughness. We propose using vicinal substrate to avoid this phenomenon and our successive experimental results are shown in this paper.

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Yamanaka, J. , Shirakura, M. , Yamamoto, C. , Utsuyama, N. , Sato, K. , Yamada, T. , Hara, K. , Arimoto, K. and Nakagawa, K. (2018) Surface Roughness of SiGe/Si(110) Formed by Stress-Induced Twins and the Solution to Produce Smooth Surface. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 6, 25-31. doi: 10.4236/msce.2018.61004.

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