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High resolution electron microscopy study of molecular beam epitaxy grown CoSi2/Si1-xGex/Si(100) heterostructurs
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Abstract
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| Two CoSi2/Si1-xGex/Si(100) heterostructures, with different Ge content, made by molecular beam epitaxy are characterized by high resolution electron microscopy. In general, the interface between the CoSi2 thin film and the Si1-xGex layer is of a high structural quality and the strained Si1-xGex layer exhibits few defects. For both samples, different interface structures are present, although the dominant interfacial configuration is similar to the unreconstructed interface present at the CoSi2/Si(100) interface. Only occasionally (2x1) reconstructed interface regions are found which are just a few nanometers in length. Phenomena such as Ge segregation and the introduction of defects are also observed in the Si1-xGex layer. We attribute the minimal presence of the reconstructed interface to both the (2x8):Si1-xGex(100) surface reconstruction and the Ge segregation that takes place. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(99)02104-0]. |
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English
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Journal of applied physics / American Institute of Physics. - New York, N.Y., 1937, currens
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Publication
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New York, N.Y.
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American Institute of Physics
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1999
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0021-8979
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1089-7550
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85
:4
(1999)
, p. 2119-2123
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000078403000017
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