SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY OF IN-SITU CLEAVED AND HYDROGEN PASSIVATED SI(110) CROSS-SECTIONAL SURFACES

被引:27
作者
LUTZ, MA [1 ]
FEENSTRA, RM [1 ]
CHU, JO [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,DIV RES,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
关键词
LOW INDEX SINGLE CRYSTAL SURFACES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SURFACES; SILICON; SURFACE STRUCTURE;
D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(95)00038-0
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) is used to study the preparation of Si(110) cross-sectional surfaces. Atomically flat Si(110) cleavage faces with typical terrace widths of 20 nm are achieved in ultrahigh vacuum by partial pre-cleaving ex situ. The initially disordered surfaces are found to order upon annealing and the observed reconstructions are discussed. Passivation of electronic surface states in the band gap is performed by atomic-hydrogen exposure and characterized by STM conductance imaging and spectroscopy. Cross-sectional imaging and spectroscopy of Si(001) p/n doping superlattices is demonstrated, and a comparison is made between results from in situ prepared surfaces and those from ex situ cleaved and HF-dipped samples.
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