Amorphous LaAlO3 high-κ oxides were grown in a molecular beam epitaxy reactor on p-Si(001) employing a thin γ-Al2O3 epitaxial layer as buffer. Interfaces are free of SiO2 and silicates and remain abrupt even after high temperature annealing as demonstrated by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Electrical measurements performed on as-deposited samples reveal dielectric constant values close to the bulk ones, small equivalent oxide thickness, and low interface state densities. Some negative charges are present leading to a flatband voltage shift. Postdeposition annealing can correct this effect.
Published in:
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
(Volume:27
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Issue:
1
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Date of Publication:
Jan 2009
- Page(s):
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384
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388
- ISSN :
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1071-1023
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1116/1.3065437
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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24 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Jan 2009