Dopant effects on the photoluminescence of interstitial-related centers in ion implanted silicon

B. C. Johnson*, B. J. Villis, J. E. Burgess, N. Stavrias, J. C. McCallum, S. Charnvanichborikarn, J. Wong-Leung, C. Jagadish, J. S. Williams

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    Abstract

    The dopant dependence of photoluminescence (PL) from interstitial-related centers formed by ion implantation and a subsequent anneal in the range 175-525 °C is presented. The evolution of these centers is strongly effected by interstitial-dopant clustering even in the low temperature regime. There is a significant decrease in the W line (1018.2 meV) PL intensity with increasing B concentration. However, an enhancement is also observed in a narrow fabrication window in samples implanted with either P or Ga. The anneal temperature at which the W line intensity is optimized is sensitive to the dopant concentration and type. Furthermore, dopants which are implanted but not activated prior to low temperature thermal processing are found to have a more detrimental effect on the resulting PL. Splitting of the X line (1039.8 meV) arising from implantation damage induced strain is also observed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number094910
    JournalJournal of Applied Physics
    Volume111
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2012

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