학술논문

Electrical activation and spin coherence of ultra low doseantimony implants in silicon
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Source
Applied Physics Letter; 88; Other Information: Journal Publication Date: 03/13/2006
Subject
08 HYDROGEN
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY ANNEALING
ANTIMONY
BENCHMARKS
DECAY
ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE
ELECTRONS
HYDROGEN
RELAXATION
SEGREGATION
SILICON
SPIN
SPIN ECHO ion implantation electron spin coherence
ion implantation electron spin coherence
Language
English
Abstract
We implanted ultra low doses (0.2 to 2 x 10{sup 11} cm{sup -2}) of Sb ions into isotopically enriched {sup 28}Si, and probed electrical activation and electron spin relaxation after rapid thermal annealing. Strong segregation of dopants towards both Si{sub 3}N{sub 4} and SiO{sub 2} interfaces limits electrical activation. Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance shows that spin echo decay is sensitive to the dopant profiles, and the interface quality. A spin decoherence time, T{sub 2}, of 1.5 ms is found for profiles peaking 25 nm below a Si/SiO{sub 2} interface, increasing to 2.1 ms when the surface is passivated with hydrogen. These measurements provide benchmark data for the development of devices in which quantum information is encoded in donor electron spins.