ROOM-TEMPERATURE ELECTRON-MOBILITY IN STRAINED SI/SIGE HETEROSTRUCTURES

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NELSON, SF [1 ]
ISMAIL, K [1 ]
CHU, JO [1 ]
MEYERSON, BS [1 ]
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[1] IBM CORP,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,DIV RES,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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10.1063/1.110045
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report on room-temperature electron transport measurements in modulation-doped strained Si/SiGe heterostructures, grown by ultrahigh-vacuum chemical vapor deposition. A high room-temperature mobility is expected in such samples because of the strain-induced splitting of the conduction band in the silicon channel. Record values of over 2600 cm2/V s have been measured, almost twice the theoretical maximum for relaxed silicon.
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