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Columnar and subsurface silicide growth with novel molecular beam epitaxy techniquesWe have found novel growth modes for epitaxial CoSi2 at high temperatures coupled with Si-rich flux ratios or low deposition rates. In the first of these modes, codeposition of metal and Si at 600-800 C with excess Si leads to the formation of epitaxial silicide columns surrounded by single-crystal Si. During the initial stages of the deposition, the excess Si grows homoepitaxially in between the silicide, which forms islands, so that the lateral growth of the islands is confined. Once a template layer is established by this process, columns of silicide form as a result of selective epitaxy of silicide on silicide and Si on Si. This growth process allows nanometer control over silicide particles in three dimensions. In the second of these modes, a columnar silicide seed layer is used as a template to nucleate subsurface growth of CoSi2. With a 100 nm Si layer covering CoSi2 seeds, Co deposited at 800C and 0.01 nm/s diffuses down to grow on the buried seeds rather than nucleating surface silicide islands. For thicker Si caps or higher deposition rates, the surface concentration of Co exceeds the critical concentration for nucleation of islands, preventing this subsurface growth mode from occurring. Using this technique, single-crystal layers of CoSi2 buried under single-crystal Si caps have been grown.
Document ID
19930051902
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Fathauer, R. W.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
George, T.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Pike, W. T.
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publisher: Materials Research Society (MRS Symposium Proceedings. Vol. 263)
Subject Category
Solid-State Physics
Accession Number
93A35899
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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