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SiGe quantum devices were demonstrated by AFM oxidation and selective wet etching with features size down to 50 nm. To passivate the devices and eliminate the interface states between Si/SiO2, low temperature regrowth of epitaxial silicon over strained SiGe has been tested. The silicon regrowth on Si0.8Ge0.2 was done by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) at 700 °C using a hydrogen pre-cleaning process at 800 °C and 10 torr. SIMS analysis and photoluminescence (PL) of strained SiGe capped with epitaxial regrown silicon show a clean interface. Nano-gaps between doped SiGe filled and overgrown with epitaxial silicon show an electrical insulating property at 4.2 K.
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This work was supported by ARO-MURI DAA655-98-1-0270 and DARPA.
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Bo, XZ., Rokhinson, L.P. & Sturm, J.C. Silicon Epitaxial Regrowth Passivation of SiGe Nanostructures Pattered by AFM Oxidation. MRS Online Proceedings Library 737, 145 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-737-E14.5
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