Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 19, 1931001(2020)

Effect of Interface State at Semiconductor-Insulator Contact Interface in Ge/Si Heterogeneous Bonding on Photoelectric Transport Characteristics of Heterojunction

Shengquan He1, Haipeng Ke2、**, Lian Yan3, Xinglian Li1, Shaoying Ke1、*, and Dongke Li3
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics and Information Engineering, Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, Fujian 363000, China
  • 2Zhangzhou First Vocational Secondary School, Zhangzhou, Fujian 363000, China
  • 3Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, Jiangsu 223300, China
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    As a new common material fabrication technique, Ge/Si heterogeneous wafer bonding exhibits enormous potentials in the fabrication of high-quality Si-based Ge films. It is also regarded as an alternative solution for the fabrication of high-performance Ge/Si photoelectric devices. However, there easily exists a nanometer GeO2 oxide layer at the Ge/Si bonded interface fabricated by the direct bonding or plasma bonding method. This leads to the formation of an interface state at the Ge/GeO2 and GeO2/Si semiconductor-insulator contact layer, which in turn affects the performance of the device. A low-temperature Ge/Si bonded interface is constructed based on the three carrier transport equations, the non-local tunneling model, and the semi-classical quantum solution. The effect of the interface state density (ISD) on the carrier electrical transport, light absorption, recombination, and high-frequency response is studied. The results show that with the increase of ISD, the dark current of the Ge/Si heterojunction increases. At the same time, the carrier capture effect becomes more obvious, leading to the decrease in the total current and the spectral response. In addition, the increase of ISD leads to the worsening frequency response and the decrease in the electric field within the Ge layer. Moreover, the ISD must be smaller than 1×10 12 cm -2 to obtain a high-performance Ge/Si bonded heterojunction. These results may give a theoretical guidance for the fabrication of high-quality Si-based Ge films and high-performance Ge/Si photoelectric devices.

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    Shengquan He, Haipeng Ke, Lian Yan, Xinglian Li, Shaoying Ke, Dongke Li. Effect of Interface State at Semiconductor-Insulator Contact Interface in Ge/Si Heterogeneous Bonding on Photoelectric Transport Characteristics of Heterojunction[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(19): 1931001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Thin Films

    Received: May. 11, 2020

    Accepted: Jun. 23, 2020

    Published Online: Sep. 19, 2020

    The Author Email: Ke Haipeng (kehaipeng@163.com), Ke Shaoying (syke@mnnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.1931001

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