• DocumentCode
    738754
  • Title

    Ni(Ge1−xySixSny) Ohmic Contact Formation on p-type Ge0.86Si0.07Sn0.07

  • Author

    Jun Zheng ; Suyuan Wang ; Xu Zhang ; Zhi Liu ; Chunlai Xue ; Chuanbo Li ; Yuhua Zuo ; Buwen Cheng ; Qiming Wang

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. on Integrated Optoelectron., Inst. of Semicond., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    878
  • Lastpage
    880
  • Abstract
    A single-crystalline Ge0.86Si0.07Sn0.07 alloy was grown on double Ge1-xSnx and Ge buffers on Si (100) using magnetron sputtering. The temperature-dependent contact resistivity (ρc) of Ni/p-type Ge0.86Si0.07Sn0.07 structure was investigated in detail. Good ohmic contacts with ρc of ~1.96 × 10-6 Ω · cm-2 have been demonstrated on p-type Ge0.86Si0.07Sn0.07 after annealing at 350 °C. The low contact resistivity is attributed to the formation of Ni(Ge1-x-ySixSny) complex, and the hole Schottky barrier height of Ni(Ge1-x-ySixSny)/p-type Ge0.86Si0.07Sn0.07 is measured.
  • Keywords
    Schottky barriers; annealing; germanium alloys; nickel alloys; ohmic contacts; silicon alloys; sputter deposition; tin alloys; Ge buffers; Ni(Ge1-x-ySixSny); annealing; hole Schottky barrier height; magnetron sputtering; ohmic contact formation; p-type structure; single-crystalline alloy; temperature 350 degC; temperature-dependent contact resistivity; Annealing; Conductivity; Nickel; Silicon; Sputtering; Tin; Contact resistivity; Germanium-Silicon-tin alloy (Ge1-x-ySixSny); Silicon photonics; germanium-silicon-tin alloy (Ge1???x???ySixSny); silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2015.2459062
  • Filename
    7163514