Totally relaxed GexSi1−x layers with low threading dislocation densities grown on Si substrates

We have grown compositionally graded GexSi1−x layers on Si at 900 °C with both molecular beam epitaxy and rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition techniques. Triple‐crystal x‐ray diffraction reveals that for 0.10<x<0.53, the layers are totally relaxed. GexSi1−x cap layers grown on these graded layers are threading‐dislocation‐free when examined with conventional plan‐view and cross‐sectional transmission electron microscopy. Electron beam induced current images were used to count the low threading dislocation densities, which were 4×105±5×104 cm−2 and 3×106±2×106 cm−2 Eq. 2×106 cm−2 for x=0.23 and x=0.50, respectively. Photoluminescence spectra from the cap layers are identical to photoluminescence from bulk GexSi1−x.

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