2 research outputs found
On the electrical and structural properties of boron delta layers in silicon
This thesis describes the first successful growth of boron δ layers using
silicon MBE. SIMS has been used to demonstrate that the layer widths are
∽2nm as has been confirmed by TEM. This is probably an overestimate, an
average value of (0.3+-0.5)nm being obtained from XRD, suggesting that these
are the thinnest 6 layers produced to date.
Hall and XRD measurements indicate that the boron dopant is fully
activated up to sheet coverages of 1/2 monolayer, i. e. ∽3.5x10^14cm-2.
The CV profile obtained for a B δ layer of sheet density 2.5x10^12cm-2 has
FWHM ∽3nm, a result which is shown to be consisitent with δ doping in the
light of recent theoretical work.
Resistivity, magnetoresistance and the Hall effect have been measured at
temperatures down to 0.3K using magnetic fields of up to 12T on samples of
sheet density in the range 4x10^12cm-2 to 8x10^13cm-2.
2D weak localisation and
associated electron-electron interaction effects have been observed in samples of
sheet density above 1.8x10^13cm-2 with evidence of spin-orbit scattering. These
samples are shown to undergo a "metal-insulator" transition in high magnetic
fields with variable range hopping at 12T. Samples of sheet density ≤ 1x10^13cm-2,
show activated transport from which it is concluded that the critical acceptor
separation for the metal-insulator transition in this system is significantly less
than the value found in bulk, uniformly doped, Si:B. It is suggested that this may
be due to the splitting of the valence band degeneracy due to quantum
confinement
Effective mass and quantum lifetime in a Si/Si0.87Ge0.13/Si two-dimensional hole gas
Measurements of Shubnikov de Haas oscillations in the temperature range 0.3–2 K have been used to determine an effective mass of 0.23 m0 in a Si/Si0.87Ge0.13/Si two-dimensional hole gas. This value is in agreement with theoretical predictions and with that obtained from cyclotron resonance measurements. The ratio of the transport time to the quantum lifetime is found to be 0.8. It is concluded that the 4 K hole mobility of 11 000 cm2 V−1 s−1 at a carrier sheet density of 2.2×1011 cm−2 is limited by interface roughness and short-range interface charge scattering