%0 Journal Article %T STEM Moiré Observation of Lattice-Relaxed Germanium Grown on Silicon %A Junji Yamanaka %A Chiaya Yamamoto %A Hiroki Nakaie %A Tetsuji Arai %A Keisuke Arimoto %A Kosuke O. Hara %A Kiyokazu Nakagawa %J Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering %P 102-108 %@ 2327-6053 %D 2017 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/msce.2017.51014 %X
We deposited Ge films on Si substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) method. The specimens were annealed at around 750 C using microwave- plasma heating technique which we had reported before. After these pro- cesses, we carried out special scanning transmission electron microscopic (STEM) observation. The moir¨¦ between the crystal lattices and the scanning lines controlled by STEM was utilized to show lattice-spacing distribution. The results exhibited that we were succeeded in forming lattice-relaxed Ge thin films. It was also recognized that this STEM moir¨¦ technique is very useful to observe lattice-spacing distribution for large area with high resolution.
%K STEM Moiré %K Lattice Strain %K Ge on Si %K Plasma Heating %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=73668