Reduction of threading dislocations by image force in Ge selective epilayers on Si

M. Yako; Y. Ishikawa; E. Abe; K. Wada

doi:10.1117/12.2501081

25 October 2018 Reduction of threading dislocations by image force in Ge selective epilayers on Si

M. Yako, Y. Ishikawa, E. Abe, K. Wada

Proceedings Volume 10823, Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics IV; 108230F (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2501081
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2018, Beijing, China

Abstract

Because of the 4% lattice mismatch between Ge and Si, threading dislocations (TDs) are generated in Ge epilayers on Si, deteriorating the performance of Ge devices on Si platform. We recently modeled the reduction of TD density in heteroepitaxial coalesced layers in terms of the bending of TDs induced by image forces at non-planar selective epitaxial growth (SEG) surfaces before the coalescence. The reduction of TD density was quantitatively verified for Ge layers on (001) Si with line-and-space SiO₂ masks. In the present paper, detailed theoretical calculation and experimental results are presented. Numerical calculation shows that the image force is large enough to bend/move dislocations considering the Peierls stress or the mobility of TDs in Ge. Transmission electron microscope observations show that the TD bending is certainly induced. The TD density is lower above the SiO₂ masks, as confirmed by the etch pit method. Such spatial distribution is well explained by the image-force-induced dislocation bending.

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M. Yako, Y. Ishikawa, E. Abe, and K. Wada "Reduction of threading dislocations by image force in Ge selective epilayers on Si", Proc. SPIE 10823, Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics IV, 108230F (25 October 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2501081

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