2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Electronicband modulation and formation of quantum tunneling structures by atomic-layer control of group-IV semiconductors
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16360002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied materials science/Crystal engineering
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKURABA Masao Tohoku University, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Associate Professor, 電気通信研究所, 助教授 (30271993)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MUROTA Junichi Tohoku University, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Professor, 電気通信研究所, 教授 (70182144)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | group-IV semiconductor / atomic-layer control / electronic-band modulation / quantum effect / resonant tunneling |
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| Research Abstract |
Purpose of this project is, by atomic-layer control of group-IV semiconductors and introduction of atomic-order heterostructures, investigation of electronic-band modulation and formation of quantum tunneling structures in order to clarify new properties of carrier transport/generation/recombination processes and creation of novel electronic-band modulated semiconductors. Utilizing surface reactions of B_2H_6 and PH_3 on Si,Si_<1-x>Ge_x and Ge surfaces, conditions for atomic-layer formation of B and P were found under suppression of intermixing and islanding at low temperatures. Additionally, it was found that, by using Si_2H_6 as a more reactive reactant gas than SiH_4,P segregation during capping Si layer growth on a P adsorbed Si(100) could be effectively suppressed and many of P atoms were incorporated in a thin film region at the interface with the thickness below 2 nm and the maximum P concentration of 3x10^<21> cm^<-3>(atomic ratio 6%). Moreover, it was also found that such P atomic-layer doped structures showed higher Hall mobility than the conventional uniformly P doped Si. By using ECR plasma CVD without substrate heating, highly strained Ge and Si epitaxial growth on a (100) surface of Si and Ge with atomic-order flatness was achieved, and possibility of highly strained group-IV semiconductor heterostructures was shown (which was difficult to be achieved by conventional thermal CVD processes). In order to achieve higher-performance p-type resonant tunneling diodes, by investigating new conditions for epitaxial growth of high quality Si_<1-x>Ge_x/Si heterostructures, it is concluded that increase of Ge fraction in the heterostructure is quite effective to reach room temperature operation. These results are very useful to create novel electronic-band modulated semiconductors.
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Research Products
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