Strain relaxation of germanium-tin (GeSn) fins

Strain relaxation of germanium-tin (GeSn) fins

Strain relaxation of biaxially strained Ge1-xSnx layer when it is patterned into Ge1-xSnx fin structures is studied. Ge1-xSnx-on-insulator (GeSnOI) substrate was realized using a direct wafer bonding (DWB) technique and Ge1-xSnx fin structures were formed by electron beam lithography (EBL) patternin...

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Main Authors: Kang, Yuye, Huang, Yi-Chiau, Lee, Kwang Hong, Bao, Shuyu, Wang, Wei, Lei, Dian, Masudy-Panah, Saeid, Dong, Yuan, Wu, Ying, Xu, Shengqiang, Tan, Chuan Seng, Gong, Xiao, Yeo, Yee-Chia
Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Germanium-tin (GeSn)
Strain Relaxation
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86324
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45270
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Strain relaxation of biaxially strained Ge1-xSnx layer when it is patterned into Ge1-xSnx fin structures is studied. Ge1-xSnx-on-insulator (GeSnOI) substrate was realized using a direct wafer bonding (DWB) technique and Ge1-xSnx fin structures were formed by electron beam lithography (EBL) patterning and dry etching. The strain in the Ge1-xSnx fins having fin widths (WFin) ranging from 1 μm down to 80 nm was characterized using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Raman measurements show that the strain relaxation increases with decreasing WFin. Finite element (FE) simulation shows that the strain component in the transverse direction relaxes with decreasing WFin, while the strain component along the fin direction remains unchanged. For various Ge1-xSnx fin widths, transverse strain relaxation was further extracted using micro-Raman spectroscopy, which is consistent with the simulation results.

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