STUDIES OF THE PROMISING MATERIAL COSI2 ON GAAS SUBSTRATES

The thermal stability of CoSi2 thin films on GaAs substrates has been studied using a variety of techniques. The CoSi2 thin films were formed by depositing Co(500 angstrom) and Si(1800 angstrom) layers on GaAs substrates by electron-beam evaporation followed by annealing processes, where the Si inter-layer was used as a diffusion/reaction barrier at the interface. The resistivity of CoSi2 thin films formed is about 30 muOMEGA cm. The Schottky barrier height of CoSi2/n-GaAs is 0.76 eV and the ideality factor is 1.14 after annealing at 750-degrees-C for 30 min. The CoSi2/GaAs interface is determined to be thermally stable and the thin film morphologically uniform on GaAs after 900-degrees-C/30 s anneal. The CoSi2 thin films fulfill the requirements in GaAs self-aligned gate technology.

STRUCTURAL DEFECTS AND THEIR ELECTRICAL-ACTIVITY IN GERMANIUM IMPLANTED SILICON

The electrical and structural characteristics of secondary defects in regrown amorphous layers formed in n-type Si(100) with a resistivity of 2 OMEGA cm and 6 OMEGA cm using Ge+ ions, has been studied. The amorphous layers with a thickness of 460 nm are formed by implantation of 1 x 10(15) Ge+ cm-2 at an energy of 400 keV. Both conventional furnace and rapid thermal annealing were used to regrow the amorphous layer and the residual defects have been characterised in terms of their concentration depth distribution and activation energies using C-V and DLTS. Structural information has been obtained from RBS and XTEM. By choosing suitable anneal conditions it is possible to eliminate extended defects, apart from a low concentration of end of range dislocation loops. However, a substantial population of electrically active point defects remain after simple low thermal budget anneals. In a sample implanted with 1 x 10(15) Ge+ cm-2 at 400 keV a region of deep donors approximately 460 nm from the surface is always present When the samples are annealed at higher temperatures (> 850-degrees the total deep donor concentration is reduced by one order of magnitude. Other electrically active defects not observable in the low (750-degrees-C) temperature annealed layers become apparent during anneals at intermediate temperatures.

MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION OF THE TURN-ON DELAY TIME JITTER IN GAIN-SWITCHED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

The turn-on delay time jitter of four different unbiased gain-switched laser types is determined by measuring the temporal probability distribution of the leading edge of the emitted optical pulse. One single-mode 1.5-mu-m distributed feed-back laser and three multimode Fabry-Perot lasers emitting at 750 nm and 1.3-mu-m are investigated. The jitter is found to decrease for all lasers with increasing injection current. For multimode lasers it decreases from 8 ps excited slightly above threshold down to below 2 ps at three times the threshold current. The jitter of the distributed feedback (DFB) laser is a factor of 3-5 larger than the jitter of the three multimode lasers. A new model to predict the turn-on delay time jitter is presented and explains the experiments quantitatively.

Si上外延的n型3C-SiC欧姆接触研究

用LPCVD在si（111）上异质外延了n型3C-SiC，并在所外延的3C-SiC上蒸发Au／Ti，通过不同温度下的RTA（快速热退火）形成欧姆接触。用两种不同的传输线模型对Ti／3C-SiC欧姆接触的ρc（比接触电阻率）进行测量，在750℃退火后Ti／3C-SiC的ρc达到了最低值为3．68×10^-5Ω·cm^2这满足了应用的要求。AES分析结果还表明由于Ti的氧化，更高温度下的退火会使ρc增大。

(p)nc-Si:H/(n)c-Si异质结变容二极管

采用等离子体增强化学气相沉积技术和电子束蒸发技术制备了一种新型的线性缓变异质结变容二极管--Au/Cr合金(电极)/multi-layer(p)nc-Si:H/(n)c-Si/(电极)Au/Ge合金结构.I-V,C-V,G-f以及DLTS的测试结果表明:其电容变化系数远大于单晶硅线性缓变异质结的电容变化系数,正向导电机制符合隧穿辅助辐射-复合模型,这是nc-Si:H层中nc-Si晶粒的量子效应所致;反向电流主要由异质结中空间电荷区的产生电流决定,且反向漏电流小,反向击穿电压高,表现出较好的整流特性.

p型GaN的掺杂研究

采用正交实验设计方法设计p型GaN的生长,通过较少的实验,优化了影响p型GaN性质的三个生长参数:Mg流量、生长温度和Ⅴ/Ⅲ比.过量的Mg源流量、过高的生长温度、过大的Ⅴ/Ⅲ比都会降低自由空穴浓度.还研究了退火温度对p型GaN的载流子浓度和光学性质的影响.实验结果表明,700～750℃范围为最佳退火温度.

掺铒nc-Si/SiO_2薄膜中nc-Si和Er~(3+)与非辐射复合缺陷间相互作用对薄膜发光特性的影响

对nc-Si/SiO_2薄膜中纳米硅(nc-Si)、Er~(3+)和非辐射复合缺陷三者间的关系作了研究.在514.5 nm光激发下,nc-Si/SiO_2薄膜在750nm和1.54μm处存在较强的发光,前者与薄膜中的nc-Si有关,后者对应于Er~(3+)从第一激发态4I13/2到基态4I15/2的辐射跃迁.随薄膜中Er3+含量的提高,1.54μm处的发光强度明显增强,750 nm处的发光强度却降低.H处理可以明显增强薄膜的发光强度,但是对不同退火温度样品,处理效果却有所不同.根据以上实验结果,可得如下结论:在nc-Si颗粒附近的Er~(3+)和其他的缺陷组成了nc-Si颗粒内产生的束缚激子的非辐射复合中心,束缚激子通过Er~(3+)的非辐射复合,激发Er~(3+)产生1.54μm处的发光,同时降低了750nm处的发光强度.nc-Si颗粒附近其他非辐射复合中心的存在会降低Er~(3+)被激发的概率,引起1.54μm处的发光强度降低.

快速退火对SiGe/Si多量子阱p-i-n光电二极管的影响（英文）

利用光电流谱，结合X射线双晶衍射研究了快速退火对Si_(1-x)Ge/Si多量子阱p-i-n光电二极管的影响。由于应变SiGe的部分弛豫和Si-Ge互扩散，退火后的二极管的截止波长有显著的减小。但是，在750-850℃范围内，波长蓝移量随着退火温度的增加而变化缓慢，而样品的光电流强度却随温度是先减弱而后又增强，这可能主要是由于在不同温度退火过程中失配位错的产生和点缺陷的减小造成的。

The influence of nitrogen clustering effect on optical transitions in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells

Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of GaInNAs/GaAs multiple quantum wells and GaInNAs epilayers grown on GaAs substrate show an apparent "S-shape" temperature-dependence of the of dominant luminescence peak. At low temperature and weak excitation conditions, a PL peak related to nitrogen cluster-induced bound states can be well resolved in the PL spectra. It displays a remarkable red shift of up to 60 meV and is thermally quenched below 100 K with increasing temperature, being attributed to N-cluster induced bound states. The indium incorporation exhibits significant effect on the cluster formation. The rapid thermal annealing treatment at 750 C can essentially remove the bound states-induced peak.

Photoluminescence measurements on erbium-doped silicon

Erbium-implanted silicones were treated by lamp-heating rapid thermal annealing (RTA). Two types of erbium-related photoluminescence spectra appear under different anneal temperatures. 750 degrees C annealing optimizes the luminescence intensity, which does not change with anneal time. Exciton-mediated energy transfer model in erbium-doped silicon was presented. The emission intensity is related to optical active erbium concentration, lifetime of excited Er3+ ion and spontaneous emission time. The thermal quenching of the erbium luminescence in Si is caused by thermal ionization of erbium-bound exciton complex and nonradiative energy backtransfer processes, which correspond to the activation energy of 6.6 meV and 47.4 meV respectively.

Correlation between Er3+ emission and the microstructure of a-SiOx : H < Er > films

Photoluminescence (PL) from Er-implanted hydrogenated amorphous silicon suboxide (a-SiOX:H(x<2.0)) films was measured. Two luminescence bands with maxima at lambda congruent to 750 nm and lambda congruent to 1.54mum, ascribed to the a-SiOX:H intrinsic emission and Er3+ emission, were observed. Peak intensities of the two bands follow the same trend as a function of annealing temperature from 300 to 1000degreesC. Micro-Raman results indicate that the a-SiOX:H films are a mixture of two phases, an amorphous SiOX matrix and amorphous silicon (a-Si) domains embedded there in. FTIR spectra confirm that hydrogen effusion from a-SiOX:H films occurs during annealing. Hydrogen effusion leads to a reconstruction of the microstructure of a-Si domains, thus having a strong influence on Er3+ emission. Our study emphasizes the role of a-Si domains on Er3+ emission in a-SiOX:H films.