TY - GEN
T1 - Direct measurement of inhomogeneous longitudinal dopant distribution in SiNVVs using nano-probe scanning auger microscopy
AU - Givan, U.
AU - Hyun, J. K.
AU - Koren, Elad
AU - Hammond, J. S.
AU - Paul, D. F.
AU - Lauhon, L. J.
AU - Rosenwaks, Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
Part of this research was generously supported by Grant No. 2008140 from the United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation [BSF]. L.J.L. and J.K.H. also acknowledge funding from the Northwestern University MRSEC (NSF DMR-0520513).
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Controlled incorporation of dopants into semiconductors nanowires is a critical step in tailoring their physical properties and hence for their utilization in future nano electronic devices. Recently, several studies addressing this issue revealed that dopant are inhomogeneously distributed in NWs grown by the popular CVD-VLS growth technique. The majority of those studies employed indirect characterization techniques which are sensitive to the active dopants only. In order to deepen our understanding of the incorporation mechanism a direct observation of the dopant chemical concentrations is required. In addition, the comparison between direct and indirect observations can shed some light on the dopant activation mechanisms in VLS grown NWs. In this study nanoprobe scanning Auger microscopy was employed to extract the longitudinal dopant distribution along P doped SiNWs. The effect of growth conditions and post-growth annealing on this distribution was studied and compared to previous studies which used indirect measurement techniques. In addition, dopant modulated segmented NWs were studied in order to distinguish the contribution of different mechanisms to the incorporation of dopants into VLS grown NWs.
AB - Controlled incorporation of dopants into semiconductors nanowires is a critical step in tailoring their physical properties and hence for their utilization in future nano electronic devices. Recently, several studies addressing this issue revealed that dopant are inhomogeneously distributed in NWs grown by the popular CVD-VLS growth technique. The majority of those studies employed indirect characterization techniques which are sensitive to the active dopants only. In order to deepen our understanding of the incorporation mechanism a direct observation of the dopant chemical concentrations is required. In addition, the comparison between direct and indirect observations can shed some light on the dopant activation mechanisms in VLS grown NWs. In this study nanoprobe scanning Auger microscopy was employed to extract the longitudinal dopant distribution along P doped SiNWs. The effect of growth conditions and post-growth annealing on this distribution was studied and compared to previous studies which used indirect measurement techniques. In addition, dopant modulated segmented NWs were studied in order to distinguish the contribution of different mechanisms to the incorporation of dopants into VLS grown NWs.
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U2 - 10.1557/opl.2011.1421
DO - 10.1557/opl.2011.1421
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AN - SCOPUS:84860624635
SN - 9781618395504
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 38
EP - 43
BT - Quantitative Characterization of Nanostructured Materials
T2 - 2011 MRS Spring Meeting
Y2 - 25 April 2011 through 29 April 2011
ER -