利用超高真空化学汽相淀积(UHWCVD)设备,以低温下生长的薄的Si1-xGex和Ge作为缓冲层,在Si(100)衬底上外延出表面平整(粗糙度〈1nm)、位错密度低(〈5×10^5cm^-2、厚度约为500nm的高质量纯Ge层。Ge层受到由于Si和Ge热膨胀系数不同引入的张应变,应变大小约为0.2%。以外延的Ge层为吸收区、在硅基上制备了台面面积为195×150μm^2的金属-半导体-金属(MSM)光电探测器。在-1V偏压下,暗电流为2.4×10^-7A;在零偏压下,光响应波长范围扩展到1.6μm以上。
High-quality tensile strained thick Ge layers(about 500 nm) were epitaxially grown on a Si(100)Substrate after insertion of a low-temperature-grown Si1-x Gex and Ge buffer layer with low threading dislocation densities (〈 5 ×10^5 cm^2 ) and flat surface (rms〈1 nm) by an ultrahigh vacuum/chemical vapor deposition(UHV/CVD). The tensile strain of about 0.2% was induced by the thermal expansion coefficient mismatching between Si and Ge during the cooling process from elevated growth temperature. A 195μm×150μm metal-semicondctor-metal(MSM) photodetector based on this materials was fabricated and characterized. The dark current was about 2.4×10^-7 A at the bias of -1 V and the photocurrent spectra in the wavelength range expanded to 1.6 μm (at 0 V).