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Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Nobumitsu Hirose

Toshiaki Matsui

Yoshiyuki Suda

Akifumi Kasamatsu

Kyohei Degura

Akira Motohashi

Katsumi Okubo

Takahiro Tsukamoto

Takuma Yagi

A semiconductor laminate film includes a silicon substrate and a semiconductor layer formed on the silicon substrate and containing silicon and germanium. The semiconductor layer having a surface roughness Rms of 1 nm or less. Further, the semiconductor layer satisfies the following relationship t≤0.881×xwhere t represents a thickness (nm) of the semiconductor layer, and x represents a ratio of the number of germanium atoms to a sum of the number of silicon atoms and the number of germanium atoms in the semiconductor layer. Also, the semiconductor layer being a mixed crystal semiconductor layer containing silicon and germanium.

Manufacturing method for semiconductor laminated film, and semiconductor laminated film

A method of producing a semiconductor laminate film includes forming a semiconductor layer containing silicon and germanium on a silicon substrate by a sputtering method. In the sputtering method, a film formation temperature of the semiconductor layer is less than 500&#xb0; C., and a film formation pressure of the semiconductor layer ranges from 1 mTorr to 11 mTorr, or, a film formation temperature of the semiconductor layer is less than 600&#xb0; C., and a film formation pressure of the semiconductor layer is equal to or more than 2 mTorr and less than 5 mTorr. The sputtering method uses a sputtering gas having a volume ratio of a hydrogen gas of less than 0.1%, and the semiconductor layer satisfies a relationship of t&#x2264;0.881&#xd7;x, where t represents a thickness (nm) of the semiconductor layer, and x represents a ratio of the number of germanium atoms to a sum of the number of silicon atoms and the number of germanium atoms in the semiconductor layer.

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