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Publication
Applied Physics Letters
Paper
Channeling in low energy boron ion implantation
Abstract
The effects of both planar and axial channeling on the profile of 5-keV boron ions implanted into (100) oriented silicon wafers are demonstrated. A tilt angle of 12°from the (100) axis in a]] random" crystallographic direction is required to minimize the (100) axial channeling tail. It is also shown that the effect of channeling along 100 planar channels produces a negligible addition to the channeling tail, whereas channeling along the (110) planar channels produces a measurable contribution. Implantation through a thin, 8-nm, thermally grown silicon dioxide layer with the ion beam aligned along the (100) direction produces an ion profile comparable to an offset of 9°in a random direction.