Quantifying Implantation Induced Damage and Point Defects with Multislice Electron Ptychography

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Autori principali: Kim, Junghwa, Gilgenbach, Colin, Bhat, Aaditya, LeBeau, James
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Kim, Junghwa
Gilgenbach, Colin
Bhat, Aaditya
LeBeau, James
author_facet Kim, Junghwa
Gilgenbach, Colin
Bhat, Aaditya
LeBeau, James
contents Here, we use multislice electron ptychography to quantify damage introduced by ion implantation of Er into 4H-SiC. Comparing reconstructed volumes from experiment (each 2,000 nm$^{3}$) along the implantation direction, the crystal damage is quantified and compared to pristine SiC. Using simulations, we establish that the implantation-induced static displacements limit both Er dopant and silicon vacancy detection. The corresponding damage in the experiment is found to occur up a depth of 100 nm and significantly deeper than expected from implantation simulations, ignoring crystallography. Beyond this depth, we show that silicon vacancies can be identified within the sampled volume and used to measure their local strain. Overall, these results underscore the power of multislice electron ptychography to quantify the impacts of implantation and as a tool to help guide electronic device process optimization.
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spellingShingle Quantifying Implantation Induced Damage and Point Defects with Multislice Electron Ptychography
Kim, Junghwa
Gilgenbach, Colin
Bhat, Aaditya
LeBeau, James
Materials Science
Here, we use multislice electron ptychography to quantify damage introduced by ion implantation of Er into 4H-SiC. Comparing reconstructed volumes from experiment (each 2,000 nm$^{3}$) along the implantation direction, the crystal damage is quantified and compared to pristine SiC. Using simulations, we establish that the implantation-induced static displacements limit both Er dopant and silicon vacancy detection. The corresponding damage in the experiment is found to occur up a depth of 100 nm and significantly deeper than expected from implantation simulations, ignoring crystallography. Beyond this depth, we show that silicon vacancies can be identified within the sampled volume and used to measure their local strain. Overall, these results underscore the power of multislice electron ptychography to quantify the impacts of implantation and as a tool to help guide electronic device process optimization.
title Quantifying Implantation Induced Damage and Point Defects with Multislice Electron Ptychography
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06987