Fabrication of SiGe-on-insulator by rapid thermal annealing of Ge on Si-on-insulator substrate

We report on fabrication of SiGe single crystal film on insulator by a simple approach including a growth of a thin Ge film on a commercially available SOI substrate, formation of a SiO2 protective layer, and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) in an Ar atmosphere. Homogeneity of the local Si fraction in SiGe-on-insulator (SGOI) was found to be closely connected with the SiGe phase diagram, and RTA below the solidus line is required to obtain homogeneous SGOI. In spite of the high annealing temperature beyond the melting point of Ge, obtained SGOI was revealed to be single crystalline as evidenced by electron back scattering pattern analysis. # 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved