Dopant incorporation in thin strained Si layers implanted with Sb

• The effect of tensile strain on Sb incorporation in Si and its activation during post-implantation annealing has been Studied by a combination of Rutherford backscattering/channeling spectrometry, secondary ion mass spectrometry. X-ray diffraction and 4-point probe measurements Our results show that, for Sb implanted samples a tensile strain has an important role for dopant behavior Particularly, increasing the tensile strain in the Si layer from 0 to 0 8% leads to an enhancement of the fraction of incorporated Sb atoms in substitutional sites already during implantation from similar to 7 to 30% Furthermore, 0 8% strain in antimony doped Si gives similar to 20% reduction in the sheet resistance in comparison to the unstrained sample.

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Strained Si

Ion implantation

Sb incorporation

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