Abstract
Extended lattice damage created by implantation of 3.6 MeV Au2+ ions has been investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS). Systematic observations of damage for Au2+ ions implanted with varying doses into silicon are explained in terms of a model. The origin of two distinct bands of extended defects is explained in terms of annealing of the central region of implant-damage, during the course of the implantation. Two distinct bands of Au precipitates are observed in high-dose implanted samples. This observation is explained as being the result, in part, of segregation of gold in front of a recrystallizing front, and in part, of gettering of dopant-atoms to nodes in a dislocation network. The network arises as a result of dynamic annealing of damaged crystalline silicon.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 124-131 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Applied Physics A Solids and Surfaces |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 1992 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 61.70
- 61.80
- 81.40
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)