The RHEED pattern from the surface shown in Fig. 5(d) with the electron beam incident along [1 ̄ 10] Si direction at a small glancing angle of ∼ 0.5 ◦ (a). The theo- 

The RHEED pattern from the surface shown in Fig. 5(d) with the electron beam incident along [1 ̄ 10] Si direction at a small glancing angle of ∼ 0.5 ◦ (a). The theo- 

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Comparative study of solid phase epitaxy (SPE) of iron suicides on Si(001)2×l and boron modified Si(001)4×4-B was conducted for iron coverage, which was varied from 0.6 to 11.3 monolayers (MLs). It was found that annealing of Fe film at 800°C leads to formation of islands of iron suicide, whose type depends on the Fe film thickness. Using reflectio...

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... pattern from surface obtained after annealing at 800 • C for 5 minutes ( Fig. 5(d)) have shown bright streaks from (2×1) surface structure and weak transmission spots from γ-FeSi 2 3D islands. Figure 6(a) shows RHEED pattern taken at a small glancing angle of electrons from surface obtained after an- nealing at 800 • C . Two groups of transmission spots were found in the RHEED diffraction pattern that marked by upward and downward arrows. ...
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... nealing at 800 • C . Two groups of transmission spots were found in the RHEED diffraction pattern that marked by upward and downward arrows. Nodes of network drawn with solid lines in The maximum difference between positions of network nodes (experimental spots) and solid circles (theoretical spots of γ-FeSi 2 ) is observed in [001] γ direction (Fig. 6(b)) that evidences about lattice tension of 3D γ-FeSi 2 islands along this direction. So, found difference between exper- imental (2.79Å79Å) and theoretical (2.70Å70Å) values of inter- layer distance d 001 for γ-FeSi 2 lattice is ∼3.3%. This ten- sion may be connected with γ-FeSi 2 lattice rotation, as said above, at which [001] Si and ...
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... tension of 3D γ-FeSi 2 islands along this direction. So, found difference between exper- imental (2.79Å79Å) and theoretical (2.70Å70Å) values of inter- layer distance d 001 for γ-FeSi 2 lattice is ∼3.3%. This ten- sion may be connected with γ-FeSi 2 lattice rotation, as said above, at which [001] Si and [001] γ directions do not coincide ( Fig. ...
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... group of spots marked by upward arrows in Fig. 6(a) can be described by theoretical transmission pattern for γ-FeSi 2 in [1 ¯ 10] direction (Fig. 6(c)). How- ever, these spots are connected with diffraction by is- lands with matching face γ-FeSi 2 (110) parallel to Si(001). Solid squares with (331), (220), (33 ¯ 1) and (440) indices in Fig. 6(c) correspond to spots marked in Fig. ...
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... group of spots marked by upward arrows in Fig. 6(a) can be described by theoretical transmission pattern for γ-FeSi 2 in [1 ¯ 10] direction (Fig. 6(c)). How- ever, these spots are connected with diffraction by is- lands with matching face γ-FeSi 2 (110) parallel to Si(001). Solid squares with (331), (220), (33 ¯ 1) and (440) indices in Fig. 6(c) correspond to spots marked in Fig. 6(a). It was found the origin of theoretical diffraction pattern does not coincide with the position of ...
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... group of spots marked by upward arrows in Fig. 6(a) can be described by theoretical transmission pattern for γ-FeSi 2 in [1 ¯ 10] direction (Fig. 6(c)). How- ever, these spots are connected with diffraction by is- lands with matching face γ-FeSi 2 (110) parallel to Si(001). Solid squares with (331), (220), (33 ¯ 1) and (440) indices in Fig. 6(c) correspond to spots marked in Fig. 6(a). It was found the origin of theoretical diffraction pattern does not coincide with the position of incident beam marked as (000). This fact may be explained by second diffrac- tion (by γ-FeSi 2 (110) islands) of electron beam changed primary direction of propagation ...
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... arrows in Fig. 6(a) can be described by theoretical transmission pattern for γ-FeSi 2 in [1 ¯ 10] direction (Fig. 6(c)). How- ever, these spots are connected with diffraction by is- lands with matching face γ-FeSi 2 (110) parallel to Si(001). Solid squares with (331), (220), (33 ¯ 1) and (440) indices in Fig. 6(c) correspond to spots marked in Fig. 6(a). It was found the origin of theoretical diffraction pattern does not coincide with the position of incident beam marked as (000). This fact may be explained by second diffrac- tion (by γ-FeSi 2 (110) islands) of electron beam changed primary direction of propagation ...
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... of islands with total density 1.2×10 10 cm −2 . Some islands (type A) are 3D ones with height of more than 3.5 nm while another islands (type B) are 2D ones with height of ∼1 nm as one can see from the height profile in Fig. 7(b). High islands are connected with γ-phase the presence of which is corroborated by transmission spots in RHEED pattern (Fig. 6(a)). On the other hand, it was found the RHEED pattern in [100] direction (inset of Fig. 7(a)) shows additional (1/2,1/2) streaks with weak intensity, which are connected with type B islands having 2D structure with (2×2) or c(2×2) symmetry. The por- tion of high islands is ∼25%. It is worth to note that after annealing of 1.7 ML of Fe ...