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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
The authors have investigated ultrashallow p+∕n-junction formation by solid-phase epitaxy, by using x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy measurements on the B K edge. A clear fingerprint of B–B clusters is detected in the spectra. The authors demonstrate that B clustering occurs during the very early stages of annealing-induced Si recrystallization, i.e., when B is still in an amorphous matrix. After complete regrowth the local structure around B remains the same as in the amorphous phase, implying that B clusters are transferred to the crystalline structure.
Publisher: 
American Institute of Physics
Publication date: 
11 Dec 2006
Authors: 

D De Salvador, G Bisognin, M Di Marino, E Napolitani, A Carnera, H Graoui, MA Foad, F Boscherini, S Mirabella

Biblio References: 
Volume: 89 Issue: 24 Pages: 241901
Origin: 
Applied physics letters