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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Nanocrystalline silicon carbide (nc-SiC) is an interesting material for electronics applications, both in its own right and as a host matrix for silicon quantum dots. When synthesized by annealing of a-SiC:H on Si substrates, interdiffusion of dopants occurs if either the a-SiC:H or the Si substrate is doped. Annealing a-SiC:H on highly boron-doped substrates at 1100 °C leads to a fairly homogeneous doping level of ≥4 × 1019 cm−3 throughout the nc-SiC film. An unexpected anomaly in secondary ion mass spectroscopy quantification is observed and a method to circumvent it is shown. The nanostructure of the nc-SiC is only weakly affected as most of the diffusion occurs after the onset of crystallization. Annealing of doped a-SiC:H on Si substrates at 1100 °C leads to strong free carrier absorption at infrared wavelengths. This is demonstrated to originate from dopants that have diffused from the a-SiC:H to the Si …
Publisher: 
American Institute of Physics
Publication date: 
14 Jul 2014
Authors: 

Manuel Schnabel, Charlotte Weiss, Philipp Löper, Mariaconcetta Canino, Caterina Summonte, Peter R Wilshaw, Stefan Janz

Biblio References: 
Volume: 116 Issue: 2 Pages: 024315
Origin: 
Journal of Applied Physics