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中国物理学会期刊

微波退火和快速热退火下钛调制镍与锗锡反应

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.70.20202118

Reaction of titanium-modulated nickel with germanium-tin under microwave and rapid thermal annealing

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.70.20202118
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  • 本文研究了1 nm钛作为插入层的条件下, 镍与锗锡合金在不同退火温度下的固相反应, 比较了微波退火和快速热退火对镍锗锡化物形成的影响. 研究结果表明: 在微波退火300 ℃、快速热退火350 ℃条件下, 可以形成连续平整的镍锗锡薄膜. 通过进一步分析镍锗锡薄膜的元素分布, 发现1 nm钛插入层发生“层转移”现象, 钛在镍与锗锡合金反应后分布在样品的表面, 由“插入层”变为“盖帽层”; 而锡元素因受到金属钛的调制作用, 主要分布在镍锗锡薄膜/锗锡衬底的界面.

     

    As the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible with group IV materials, germanium tin (GeSn) alloys have potential applications in photonics and microelectronics. With the increase of tin (Sn) content, GeSn alloys can change from indirect bandgap semiconductor to direct bandgap semiconductor. On the other hand, GeSn alloys have a higher hole mobility than Ge and can be used as channel materials in metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). Therefore, the properties of GeSn alloys are studied extensively. In this work, the solid-phase reaction between Ni and GeSn is investigated under microwave annealing (MWA) and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) conditions. We use the four-point probe method to measure the sheet resistance, the atomic force microscopy (AFM) to examine the surface morphology of the sample, the cross-section transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) to analyze the microstructures of the metal stanogermanides, and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX) to observe the elements’ distribution of different samples. It is shown that the flat Nickel stanogermanide (NiGeSn) films are obtained at 300 ℃ for MWA and at 350 ℃ for RTA. By analyzing the distributions of sample elements, we find that Sn atoms continue to diffuse into the NiGeSn layer and are segregate mainly at the interface between NiGeSn and GeSn. However, the Ti atoms move from interlayer to the surface after being annealed. We propose that this method is a promising way of developing GeSn devices in the future.

     

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