ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Powder and single-crystal X-ray techniques have been employed to obtain precise lattice parameters of silicon uniformly doped with boron or phosphorus. Good agreement is found between the two methods. Previous accurate determination of the CuKα1, effective wavelength has yielded λ=1.540621±0.000006 Å. Particular care has been devoted to the chemical and electrical characterization of the alloys, whose maximum dopant concentrations were 8×1019 atoms cm−3 for P and 4.4×1020 atoms cm−3 for B. A linear dependence of lattice parameter on concentration has been found for P in the whole examined range, while for B a deviation from the linear trend starts at about 2.25×1020 atoms cm−3. Tetrahedral radii are found to be 1.176 Å for pure Si, 1.07 Å and 0.91 Å respectively for dissolved substitutional P and B. Values of the linear lattice contraction coefficient, volume size factor, Vegard's law factor and elastic strain energy in both alloys are reported and discussed. The deviation from linear trend in borondoped alloys is analysed and it is shown that the phenomenon is insensitive to heattreatments and does not depend on the degree of ionization of boron atoms.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00761802
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