Features of the Formation of Impurity-Defective Centers in Silicon Doped with Chromium
Abstract
In this work, the processes of the formation of impurity-defect centers in silicon doped with chromium are investigated. It was found that the diffusion introduction of Cr impurity into n-Si leads to the formation of three deep levels with fixed ionization energies: C -0.21 eV, C -0.41 eV, and C -0.51 eV, and in p-Sitwo levels V +0.20 eV, V +0.41 eV. It is shown that only the levels C -0.41 eV and C -0.51 eV, V +0.20 eV are associated with chromium atoms in silicon. It was found that the Cr atoms introduced into Si during its growth are electrically neutral. It is shown that high-temperature treatment (HTT) in the range 10001200 of n-Si<Cr> samples leads to activation of Cr atoms.