2ND-HARMONIC RESPONSE OF CHEMICALLY-MODIFIED VICINAL SI(111) SURFACES

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作者
EMMERICHS, U
MEYER, C
BAKKER, HJ
KURZ, H
BJORKMAN, CH
SHEARON, CE
MAO, Y
YASUDA, T
JING, Z
LUCOVSKY, G
WHITTEN, JL
机构
[1] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,RALEIGH,NC 27695
[2] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,RALEIGH,NC 27695
[3] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,RALEIGH,NC 27695
[4] N CAROLINA STATE UNIV,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,RALEIGH,NC 27695
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 50卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.5506
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
We have studied the optical second-harmonic (SH) response of vicinal Si(111) interfaces, H-terminated or covered with a thermally grown oxide film and subjected to different annealing temperatures. We observed that the rotational anisotropy of the SH signal of a thermally grown oxide film changes after an annealing procedure. We explain this result from a modification of atomic bonding at the steps of the surface. The change in amplitude and phase of the nonlinear-optical response can be well described with an anharmonic oscillator model. We found that the nonlinear-optical signal can be correlated with the electrical quality (density of interface traps) of metal-oxide semiconductor devices produced from these Si/SiO2 structures.
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页码:5506 / 5511
页数:6
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