Dendrite growth processes of silicon and germanium from highly undercooled melts |
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Authors: | Tomotsugu Aoyama Yuzuru Takamura Kazuhiko Kuribayashi |
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Affiliation: | (1) the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 229-8510 Kanagawa, Japan |
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Abstract: | The crystal growth behavior of a semiconductor from a very highly undercooled melt is expected to be different from that of
a metal. In the present experiment, highly pure undoped Si and Ge were undercooled by an electromagnetic levitation method,
and their crystal growth velocities (V) were measured as a function of undercooling (ΔT). The value of V increased with ΔT, and V=26 m/s was observed at ΔT=260 K for Si. This result corresponds well with the predicted value based on the dendrite growth theory. The growth behaviors
of Si and Ge were found to be thermally controlled in the measured range of undercooling. The microstructures of samples solidified
from undercooled liquid were investigated, and the amount of dendrites immediately after recalescence increased with undercooling.
The dendrite growth was also observed by a high-speed camera. |
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