Lateral overgrowth of germanium for monolithic integration of germanium-on-insulator on silicon
Author
Hyung Nam J.
Alkis, S.
Nam, D.
Afshinmanesh F.
Shim J.
Park, J.
Brongersma, M.
Okyay, Ali Kemal
Kamins, T.I.
Saraswat, K.
Date
2015Source Title
Journal of Crystal Growth
Print ISSN
220248
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
416
Pages
21 - 27
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
A technique to locally grow germanium-on-insulator (GOI) structure on silicon (Si) platform is studied. On (001) Si wafer, silicon dioxide (SiO2) is thermally grown and patterned to define growth window for germanium (Ge). Crystalline Ge is grown via selective hetero-epitaxy, using SiO2 as growth mask. Lateral overgrowth of Ge crystal covers SiO2 surface and neighboring Ge crystals coalesce with each other. Therefore, single crystalline Ge sitting on insulator for GOI applications is achieved. Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) is performed to planarize the GOI surface. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis, Raman spectroscopy, and time-resolved photoluminescence (TRPL) show high quality crystalline Ge sitting on SiO2. Optical response from metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetector shows good optical absorption at 850 nm and 1550 nm wavelength. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords
A1. DefectsA3. Chemical vapor deposition process
B2. Semiconducting germanium
B3. Infrared devices
Chemical mechanical polishing
Chemical polishing
Chemical vapor deposition
Crystalline materials
Electromagnetic wave absorption
Light absorption
Monolithic integrated circuits
Semiconducting germanium
Silicon
Silicon oxides
Silicon wafers
Transmission electron microscopy
Chemical mechanical polishing(CMP)
Chemical vapor deposition process
Germanium on insulators
Germanium-on-insulator
Metal semiconductor metal photodetector
Monolithic integration
Single-crystalline
Time-resolved photoluminescence
Germanium
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