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X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy with a superconducting detector for nitrogen dopants in SiC
Fluorescence-yield X-ray absorption fine structure (FY-XAFS) is extensively used for investigating atomic-scale local structures around specific elements in functional materials. However, conventional FY-XAFS instruments frequently cannot cover trace light elements, for example dopants in wide gap s...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3496949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23152937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00831 |
Sumario: | Fluorescence-yield X-ray absorption fine structure (FY-XAFS) is extensively used for investigating atomic-scale local structures around specific elements in functional materials. However, conventional FY-XAFS instruments frequently cannot cover trace light elements, for example dopants in wide gap semiconductors, because of insufficient energy resolution of semiconductor X-ray detectors. Here we introduce a superconducting XAFS (SC-XAFS) apparatus to measure X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) of n-type dopant N atoms (4 ×10(19) cm(−3)) implanted at 500°C into 4H-SiC substrates annealed subsequently. The XANES spectra and ab initio multiple scattering calculations indicate that the N atoms almost completely substitute for the C sites, associated with a possible existence of local CN regions, in the as-implanted state. This is a reason why hot implantation is necessary for dopant activation in ion implantation. The SC-XAFS apparatus may play an important role in improving doping processes for energy-saving wide-gap semiconductors and other functional materials. |
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