Hydrogen refinement during solid phase epitaxy of buried amorphous silicon layers
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2010
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Pyke, D. J.
McCallum, Jeffrey C.
Johnson, B. C.
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American Institute of Physics
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The effect of hydrogen on the kinetics of solid phase epitaxy (SPE) have been studied in buried amorphous Si layers. The crystallization rate of the front amorphous/crystalline (a/c) interface is monitored with time resolved reflectivity.Secondary ion mass spectrometry(SIMS) is used to examine H implanted profiles at selected stages of the anneals. The H retardation of the SPE rate is determined up to a H concentration of 2.3×10²⁰ cm¯³ where the SPE rate decreases by 80%. Numerical simulations are performed to model the H diffusion, the moving a/c interfaces and the refinement of the H profile at these interfaces. Despite the high H concentration involved, a simple Fickian diffusion model results in good agreement with the SIMS data. The segregation coefficient is estimated to be 0.07 at 575 °C. A significant fraction of the H escapes from the a-Si layer during SPE especially once the two a/c interfaces meet which is signified by the lack of H-related voids after a subsequent high temperature anneal.
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Keywords: a-Si layers; Amorphous Si; Amorphous silicon layers; Crystallization rates; Effect of hydrogen; Fickian diffusion models; H diffusion; High temperature; Numerical simulation; Segregation coefficients; Solid phase epitaxy; Time-resolved reflectivities; Com
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