GE GROWTH ON SI USING ATOMIC-HYDROGEN AS A SURFACTANT

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SAKAI, A
TATSUMI, T
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[1] Microelectronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, 34, Miyukigaoka
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10.1063/1.110919
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We have examined the effect of adsorbed atomic hydrogen (H) on the evolution of Ge films on Si(001) and (111) substrates in solid-source molecular-beam epitaxy. The H flux was supplied separately from the Ge flux. By cross-sectional high-resolution transmission electron microscopy it was observed that H acted as a surfactant during growth, suppressing island formation of Ge on both substrates. The effect of the H surfactant on variation of the growth mode is also discussed.
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