FIELD-EMISSION SEM IMAGING OF COMPOSITIONAL AND DOPING LAYER SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES

被引:171
作者
PEROVIC, DD
CASTELL, MR
HOWIE, A
LAVOIE, C
TIEDJE, T
COLE, JSW
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT PHYS,VANCOUVER,BC V6T 1Z1,CANADA
[3] NISSEI SANGYO CANADA INC,HITACHI SCI INSTRUMENTS,REXDALE,ON M9W 6A4,CANADA
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加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1016/0304-3991(94)00183-N
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摘要
Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) has been used to study several semiconductor multilayer heterostructures. Compositional superlattices based on GexSi1-x/Si and AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs have been studied in both cross-sectional and oblique plan-views after indentation. Secondary and backscattered electron images reveal strong atomic number contrast which is primarily structural in origin. Secondly, for the first time, heterostructures containing n and p doping have been directly imaged at low voltages (0.5-1 kV) including: (i) Si- and Be-doped GaAs layers and (ii) B- and As-doped Si layers. Secondary electron images reveal strong contrast at doping concentrations as low as 10(17) cm(-3). The results have been interpreted in terms of energy band-bending effects between n- and p-doped layers.
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页数:10
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