Assessing the delay of plastic relaxation onset in SiGe islands grown on pit-patterned Si(001) substrates

作者:Boioli F*; Gatti R; Grydlik M; Brehm M; Montalenti F; Miglio Leo
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2011, 99(3): 033106.
DOI:10.1063/1.3615285

摘要

The onset of plastic relaxation in SiGe islands grown on pit-patterned Si(001) substrates is investigated using elasticity theory solved by finite element methods. Larger critical island volumes with respect to the unpatterned case are predicted. A justification based on the qualitatively different stressors acting on the substrate in the presence of pits is provided. Experimental results in terms of critical SiGe-island volumes as a function of the Ge content are nicely reproduced by the model.

  • 出版日期2011-7-18