Phonons as probes in self-organized SiGe islands

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Groenen, J
Carles, R
Christiansen, S
Albrecht, M
Dorsch, W
Strunk, HP
Wawra, H
Wagner, G
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[1] Univ Toulouse 3, Phys Solides Lab, F-31062 Toulouse, France
[2] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Inst Werkstoffwissensch Mikrocharakterisierung, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[3] Inst Kristallzuchtung Berlin, D-12483 Berlin, Germany
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10.1063/1.120525
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We show how optical phonons can be used as efficient probes in self-organized Si1-xGex islands grown on Si(001). Both the alloy composition and residual strain in the islands were originally determined from the phonon frequencies and Raman intensities. The experimental results are in good agreement with the strain relaxation simulated by means of the finite element method. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(97)02651-1].
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