Gg. Gumarov et al., EFFECT OF ION CURRENT-DENSITY ON THE PHASE-COMPOSITION OF ION-BEAM SYNTHESIZED IRON SILICIDES IN SI(100), Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 127, 1997, pp. 321-323
Phase composition of Fe+ implanted in Si(100) at elevated temperatures
was investigated over a wide range of ion current densities. Phases a
nd texture were determined by glancing angle XRD. Both FeSi and beta-F
eSi2 phases were observed. The phase composition of the synthesized la
yers was found to be strongly affected by ion current density. The inc
rease of the ion current density at an implantation temperature of 450
degrees C leads to a rise in relative content of beta-FeSi2. This eff
ect is explained by the spreading of the Fe profile. Such changes of t
he profile are the result of the radiation enhanced diffusion during i
mplantation.