Cracking in hydrogen ion-implanted Si/Si0.8Ge0.2/Si heterostructures Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We demonstrate that a controllable cracking can be realized in Si with a buried strain layer when hydrogen is introduced using traditional H-ion implantation techniques. However, H stimulated cracking is dependent on H projected ranges; cracking occurs along a Si0.8Ge0.2 strain layer only if the H projected range is shallower than the depth of the strained layer. The absence of cracking for H ranges deeper than the strain layer is attributed to ion-irradiation induced strain relaxation, which is confirmed by Rutherford-backscattering-spectrometry channeling angular scans. The study reveals the importance of strain in initializing continuous cracking with extremely low H concentrations.

published proceedings

  • APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

  • Shao, L., Wang, Y. Q., Swadener, J. G., Nastasi, M., Thompson, P. E., & Theodore, N. D.

citation count

  • 8

complete list of authors

  • Shao, Lin||Wang, YQ||Swadener, JG||Nastasi, M||Thompson, Phillip E||Theodore, N David

publication date

  • February 2008