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ack edges <strong>of</strong> the Si peaks are very similar for all samples. As ment<strong>ion</strong>ed previously<br />

this slope is mainly caused by a combinat<strong>ion</strong> <strong>of</strong> the <strong>energy</strong> resolut<strong>ion</strong> <strong>of</strong> the MEIS<br />

system <strong>and</strong> <strong>energy</strong> straggling. Their similarity supports the layer-by-layer regrowth<br />

since deviat<strong>ion</strong>s from this behaviour would result in a change in width <strong>of</strong> the a/c<br />

interface <strong>and</strong> hence the slope <strong>of</strong> the back edge. This aspect <strong>of</strong> the MEIS spectra <strong>and</strong><br />

SPER will be discussed in more detail in sect<strong>ion</strong> 6.4 in relat<strong>ion</strong> to the regrowth <strong>of</strong> SOI<br />

wafers. The depths <strong>of</strong> the a/c interfaces are tabulated in Table 6.3.<br />

The behaviour <strong>of</strong> the As can also be observed very clearly with this series <strong>of</strong><br />

samples. The As pr<strong>of</strong>iles, in the bottom <strong>of</strong> Figure 6.11, show the original As peak<br />

disappearing from “view” <strong>of</strong> the analysing beam <strong>and</strong> the As becoming substitut<strong>ion</strong>al.<br />

The segregat<strong>ion</strong> <strong>of</strong> excess As can be clearly observed as discussed before. Both <strong>of</strong> these<br />

effects are seen most clearly with the longer anneal durat<strong>ion</strong>s. A comparison <strong>of</strong> the Si<br />

<strong>and</strong> the As pr<strong>of</strong>iles shows that they are closely related. After any <strong>of</strong> the anneals, the<br />

depth <strong>of</strong> the half height <strong>of</strong> the back edge <strong>of</strong> the Si peak, representing the a/c interface,<br />

has moved in a similar fash<strong>ion</strong> to the half height <strong>of</strong> the back edge <strong>of</strong> the As peaks. The<br />

As no longer visible has taken up substitut<strong>ion</strong>al posit<strong>ion</strong>s after the a/c interface has<br />

swept past. The amount <strong>of</strong> As visible is shown in Table 6.3 <strong>and</strong> is also expressed as a<br />

percentage <strong>of</strong> the implant. For the sample annealed for 120s the regrowth appears to be<br />

almost complete. The amount <strong>of</strong> visible As is also <strong>low</strong> at 40%. This value is close to the<br />

values observed for high anneal temperatures (< 1000 °C) seen in sect<strong>ion</strong> 6.2.3.<br />

However the As peak is not quite as sharp as those observed for high temperature spike<br />

anneals <strong>and</strong> appears to have a “tail” at around 3-5 nm, suggesting imperfect regrowth in<br />

this reg<strong>ion</strong>. Figure 6.10 shows that the variat<strong>ion</strong> in oxide thickness with anneal<br />

temperature is comparatively small in this experimental series.<br />

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