BAND-GAP NARROWING DETERMINATION BY PHOTOLUMINESCENCE ON STRAINED B-DOPED SI0.82GE0.18 LAYERS GROWN ON SI

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SOUIFI, A [1 ]
BREMOND, G [1 ]
BENYATTOU, T [1 ]
GUILLOT, G [1 ]
DUTARTRE, D [1 ]
WARREN, P [1 ]
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[1] CTR NATL ETUD & TELECOMMUN,F-38243 MEYLAN,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.109165
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This work reports on photoluminescence (PL) characterization of heavy boron-dope SiGe(p+)/Si(p) heterostructures and Si(p+)/Si(p) pseudoheterostructures grown by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition. For the pseudoheterostructures, the band-gap narrowing is measured in the 4 X 10(18)-1.5 X 10(19) CM-3 doping level range in very good agreement with bulk silicon results. The band-gap narrowing of SiGe strained layers has been determined for the first time, by means of PL measurements on boron-doped Si0.82Ge0.18 strained alloy up to 4 X 10(19) cm-3. The reduced band gap of the Si0.82Ge0.18 alloy is deduced, taking into account both strain and heavy doping effects and compared to band-gap narrowing found in Si.
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