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The reliability of revealing threading dislocations in epitaxial films by structure-sensitive etching
A. S. Deryabin, L. V. Sokolov, E. M. Trukhanov, K. B. Fritzler Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
Abstract:
Correspondence between threading dislocations (TDs) in epitaxial films and the etch pits observed upon selective chemical etching of the samples was studied in Ge/Si(001) heterostructures. It is established that the density of TDs revealed in epitaxial films with thicknesses $h\le 1$ $\mu$m can be significantly understated because of insufficient resolution of optical microscopy. Recommendations are given that increase the reliability of PD density estimation by means of structure-sensitive etching.
Received: 06.04.2018
Citation:
A. S. Deryabin, L. V. Sokolov, E. M. Trukhanov, K. B. Fritzler, “The reliability of revealing threading dislocations in epitaxial films by structure-sensitive etching”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 44:20 (2018), 30–36; Tech. Phys. Lett., 44:10 (2018), 916–918
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