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Author:   S. J. Pearton ,  H.-J. Queisser ,  J. W. Corbett ,  Michael Stavola
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume:   v. 16
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9783540539230

ISBN 10:   3540539239
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   16 March 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Hydrogen Incorporation in Crystalline Semiconductors.- 2.1 Techniques for Hydrogen Incorporation in Semiconductors.- 2.1.1 Hydrogen Plasma Exposure.- 2.1.2 Hydrogen Implantation.- 2.2 Survey of the Configurations of Hydrogen in Semiconductors.- 2.2.1 Silicon.- 2.2.2 Germanium.- 2.2.3 Gallium-Arsenide and Other Compound Semiconductors.- 3. Passivation of Deep Levels by Hydrogen.- 3.1 Deep-Level Passivation in Silicon.- 3.1.1 Metallic Impurities.- 3.1.2 Chalcogenides.- 3.1.3 Oxygen-Related Thermal Donors.- 3.1.4 Process-Related Defects.- 3.1.5 Crystalline Defects.- 3.1.6 Thermal Stability of Passivation.- 3.1.7 Prehydrogenation.- 3.1.8 Models for Deep-Level Passivation.- 3.2 Passivation of Defects in Gallium Arsenide.- 3.3 Aluminum Gallium Arsenide.- 3.4 Gallium Phosphide.- 3.5 CdHgTe, Zn3P2.- 3.6 Germanium.- 4. Shallow Impurity Passivation by Atomic Hydrogen.- 4.1 Silicon.- 4.1.1 Silicon Acceptors.- 4.1.2 Donors.- 4.2 Gallium Arsenide.- 4.2.1 Donors.- 4.2.2 Charge States.- 4.2.3 Acceptors.- 4.3 AlGaAs.- 4.4 CdTe and ZnTe.- 4.5 Gallium Phosphide.- 4.6 Germanium.- 4.7 Indium Phosphide.- 4.8 BN and BP.- 4.9 Correlation with Muonium.- 5. Microscopic Properties of Hydrogen-Related Complexes in Silicon from Vibrational Spectroscopy.- 5.1 Vibrational Spectroscopy of H-Related Complexes.- 5.1.1 Local Vibrational Modes.- 5.1.2 H-Stretching Vibrations of the Acceptor-H Complexes.- 5.1.3 Local Mode of the B-H Complex and the Effect of B Isotopic Substitutions.- 5.1.4 Vibrational Spectroscopy of Donor-H Complexes in Silicon.- 5.1.5 IR Studies of Lattice Defects Decorated with Hydrogen.- 5.2 Uniaxial Stress Studies of H-Related Complexes.- 5.2.1 Uniaxial Stress and Defect Symmetry.- 5.2.2 Vibrational Spectra of the B-H Complex Under Stress.- 5.2.3 Stress Studies of Donor-H Complexes.- 5.2.4 Uniaxial Stress Studies of Proton-Implanted Silicon.- 5.3 Hydrogen Motion in the B-H Complex.- 5.3.1 Kinetics of Defect Motion.- 5.3.2 IR Studies of the Reorientation of the B-H Complex.- 5.3.3 Raman Studies of the Reorientation of the B-H Complex.- 5.3.4 Tunneling vs Classical Hydrogen Motion.- 5.4 Conclusion.- 6. The Microscopic Characteristics of Impurity-Hydrogen Complexes in III-V Semiconductors.- 6.1 Acceptor-H Complexes.- 6.1.1 H Complexed with Acceptors on the Group-Ill Sublattice.- 6.1.2 H Complexed with Acceptors on the Group-V Sublattice.- 6.2 Donor-H Complexes.- 6.2.1 GaAs:SiGa-H.- 6.2.2 GaAs:SnGa-H.- 6.2.3 AlGaAs:Si-H.- 6.2.4 Donor Dependence of the Vibrational Frequencies.- 6.3 Unintentional Hydrogenation.- 6.4 Uniaxial Stress Studies.- 6.4.1 GaAs:Be-H.- 6.4.2 GaAs:SiGa-H.- 6.4.3 Unintentional Complexes.- 6.5 Cluster Calculations for H-Related Complexes in GaAs.- 6.5.1 Isolated H.- 6.5.2 Be-H Complexes.- 6.5.3 SiGa-H Complexes.- 6.6 Conclusion.- 7. Hydrogen, and Semiconductor Surfaces and Surface Layers.- 7.1 Etching of Silicon Surfaces by Hydrogen.- 7.2 Plasma Etching.- 7.2.1 Dry Etching of Silicon.- 7.2.2 Dry Etching of GaAs and InP.- 7.3 Implantation of Protons.- 7.3.1 Silicon.- 7.3.2 Gallium Arsenide.- 7.4 Hydrogen on Semiconductor Surfaces.- 7.4.1 Silicon Surfaces.- 7.4.2 Gallium Arsenide Surfaces.- 7.4.3 Indium Phosphide Surfaces.- 8. Hydrogen-Related Defects in Semiconductors.- 8.1 Hydrogen-Related Defects in Silicon.- 8.1.1 Electron-Irradiation of Si(H).- 8.1.2 Proton or Neutron Irradiation of Silicon.- 8.1.3 Implant-Induced Levels in Silicon.- 8.1.4 Shallow H-Related Donors in Silicon.- 8.2 Hydrogen-Related Defects in Germanium.- 8.3 Hydrogen-Related Defects in Compound Semiconductors.- 8.4 Hydrogen-Related IR Bands in Silicon.- 9. Diffusion of Hydrogen in Semiconductors.- 9.1 Diffusion of Hydrogen in Solids.- 9.2 Diffusion Equations.- 9.3 Analysis of Diffusion Profiles.- 9.3.1 Effects of Charge States.- 9.3.2 Effect of Molecule Formation.- 9.3.3 Effect of Hydrogen Trapping.- 9.3.4 Effects of Multiple Trapping.- 9.3.5 Comparison of Theory and Experiment.- 9.4 Diffusion of Hydrogen in Silicon.- 9.4.1 Early Diffusion Experiments.- 9.4.2 Experimentally Determined Diffusivities.- 9.4.3 Additional Features of Hydrogen Diffusion.- 9.4.4 Rapid Diffusion of Compensating Species During Polishing.- 9.4.5 Charge States and Hydrogen Diffusion.- 9.4.6 Theoretical Treatments of Diffusion Paths.- 9.4.7 Summary of Diffusion behavior.- 9.5 Diffusion of Hydrogen in Germanium.- 9.6 Diffusion in Gallium Arsenide.- 9.6.1 Dependence of Diffusion on Experimental Conditions.- 9.6.2 Effect of Charge on Hydrogen Diffusion.- 9.7 Diffusion of Hydrogen in Other Materials.- 9.8 Summary.- 10. Resonance Studies Pertinent to Hydrogen in Semiconductors.- 10.1 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance.- 10.1.1 Theory of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance.- 10.1.2 Experimental EPR Studies.- 10.2 Related Muon Studies.- 10.2.1 Use of Muon Spectroscopy.- 10.2.2 Comparison of Theory and Experiment.- 10.3 Perturbed Angular Correlation.- 10.3.1 Experimental PAC Studies.- 10.3.2 Role of Copper in Silicon.- 11. Prevalence of Hydrogen Incorporation and Device Applications.- 11.1 Experimental Studies of Hydrogen Incorporation.- 11.1.1 Hydrogen in Silicon Dioxide.- 11.1.2 Bias Application to Diode Structures.- 11.1.3 Injection of Hydrogen by Chemical Etching.- 11.1.4 Hydrogen Injection by Ion Bombardment.- 11.1.5 Hydrogen Injection During Metal Deposition.- 11.1.6 Wafer Polishing.- 11.1.7 Boiling in Water.- 11.1.8 Proton Implantation.- 11.1.9 Hydrogen in As-Received Wafers.- 11.2 Hydrogen Sensing with MOS Structures.- 11.3 Hydrogen in III-V Semiconductors.- 11.3.1 As-Grown Material.- 11.3.2 Annealing in Hydrogen.- 11.3.3 Ion-Beam Processing.- 11.3.4 Device Applications.- 12. Hydrogen and the Mechanical Properties of Semiconductors.- 12.1 Hydrogen Embrittlement.- 12.1.1 Reconstruction in the Presence of Hydrogen.- 12.1.2 Defect Aggregation.- 12.2 Hydrogen-Related Defects.- 12.2.1 Plasma-Induced Defects.- 12.2.2 Theoretical Treatments of Hydrogen-Induced Defects.- 12.3 m-V Semiconductors.- References.

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