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Origin of residual strain in heteroepitaxial films

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Postelnicu, Eveline; Wen, Rui-Tao; Ma, Danhao; Wang, Baoming; Wada, Kazumi; Michel, Jurgen; Kimerling, Lionel C; ... Show more Show less
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Heterogeneous integration of diverse materials structures is critical to the scaling of electronic and photonic integrated circuits. For a model system of Ge-on-Si, we experimentally examine the roles of lattice misfit and thermal expansion misfit in determining the residual strain in as-grown and annealed heteroepitaxial films. We present data for Ge-on-Si growth from 400 to 730 °C followed by heat treatment from 500–900 °C. We show that strain fluctuations of 5.02% enable misfit dislocation formation, and we propose a comprehensive model for the conversion of compressive misfit strain to tensile elastic strain. The model is expressed in terms of three regimes: (1) misfit control for the low temperature growth regime at 400 °C; (2) point defect control via annealing in the point defect recovery regime at 500–650 °C; and (3) thermal expansion control for growth or anneal at T > 650 °C in the dislocation recovery regime. Growth from 400 to 730 °C exhibits near complete misfit strain relief by misfit dislocations leaving a consistent residual compressive strain of 0.09%. Growth at 400 °C followed by post growth heat treatment at 600 °C results in vertical threading dislocation density reduction via a point defect-mediated climb mechanism that gives minimal strain relief. Anneal above 650 °C promotes strain relief by dislocation glide. Temperature excursions at T > 730 °C followed by cooling to room temperature yield plastic strain in the Ge film that cannot be further relieved by thermal expansion misfit accommodation. Growth at 400–730 °C retains a residual compressive strain that represents the nucleation threshold for misfit dislocations.
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2023-09-04
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156902
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Applied Physics Letters
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AIP Publishing
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Eveline Postelnicu, Rui-Tao Wen, Danhao Ma, Baoming Wang, Kazumi Wada, Jurgen Michel, Lionel C. Kimerling; Origin of residual strain in heteroepitaxial films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 4 September 2023; 123 (10): 102103.
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