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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Yttria (Y 2 O 3) is one of the candidate materials actively studied as a high dielectric constant replacement of amorphous silicon dioxide in downscaled microelectronic devices. An understanding of the physical properties of yttria epilayers on silicon is both a required prerequisite for applications and of fundamental interest. Using x-ray absorption spectroscopy at both the yttrium and oxygen K edges we study the local atomic and electronic structure in Y 2 O 3 epilayers deposited on Si (001). We find that above a thin near-interface layer the epilayers have a local atomic and electronic structure bearing a close similarity to that of bulk yttria; however, there is an increase in static disorder with decreasing thickness which can be correlated to an increase of the defectivity. The unoccupied electronic structure, as probed by near edge spectra at the cation and oxygen edges, is very similar to that of bulk yttria; we present and …
Publisher: 
American Physical Society
Publication date: 
22 Feb 2005
Authors: 

M Malvestuto, R Carboni, F Boscherini, F d’Acapito, S Spiga, M Fanciulli, A Dimoulas, G Vellianitis, G Mavrou

Biblio References: 
Volume: 71 Issue: 7 Pages: 075318
Origin: 
Physical Review B