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Publication
Applied Physics Letters
Paper
Kinetics of strain relaxation in Si 1-x Ge x thin films on Si(100) substrates: Modeling and comparison with experiments
Abstract
We report the results of a theoretical analysis for the kinetics of strain relaxation in Si1-x Gex thin films grown epitaxially on Si(100) substrates. The analysis is based on a properly parametrized dislocation mean-field theoretical model describing plastic deformation dynamics due to threading dislocation propagation and addresses strain relaxation kinetics during both epitaxial growth and thermal annealing, including post-implantation annealing. Theoretical predictions for strain relaxation as a function of film thickness in Si0.80 Ge0.20 Si (100) samples annealed after epitaxial growth either unimplanted or after He ion implantation are in excellent agreement with experimental measurements [J. Cai, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 5347 (2004)]. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.