Effects of Si Ion Implantation and H Plasma Treatment on the Growth of Cavities in Silicon
- Received Date: 2003-11-27
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2004-09-05
Abstract: Crystalline silicon samples were first implanted at room temperature with 160keV He ions at a dose of 5×1016ions/cm2.Some of these samples were then co-implanted with 80 keV Si ions to a dose of 5×1015ions/cm 2,or were co-treated with high density hydrogen plasma.Cross-sectional transmission electronic microscopy(XTEM)was used to study the growth of cavities after the subsequent annealing at 800℃ for 1 hour.Our results clearly show that both the Si implant and plasma hydrogenation can influence the growth of cavities in Si.In Si ion co-implanted sample,the cavities were found to shrink due to the presentation of excess of interstitial-like defects.However,additional plasma hydrogenation leads to enhancement in cavity growth.The results were qualitatively discussed.