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Electrode-stress-induced nanoscale disorder in Si quantum electronic devices

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  • J. Park
  • Y. Ahn
  • J. A. Tilka
  • K. C. Sampson
  • D. E. Savage
  • Jonathan Robert Prance
  • C. B. Simmons
  • M. G. Lagally
  • S. N. Coppersmith
  • M. A. Eriksson
  • M. V. Holt
  • P. G. Evans
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Article number066102
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>06/2016
<mark>Journal</mark>APL Materials
Issue number6
Volume4
Number of pages9
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date20/06/16
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Disorder in the potential-energy landscape presents a major obstacle to the more rapid development of semiconductor quantum device technologies. We report a large-magnitude source of disorder, beyond commonly considered unintentional background doping or fixed charge in oxide layers: nanoscale strain fields induced by residual stresses in nanopatterned metal gates. Quantitative analysis of synchrotron coherent hard x-ray nanobeam diffraction patterns reveals gate-induced curvature and strains up to 0.03% in a buried Si quantum well within a Si/SiGe heterostructure. Electrode stress presents both challenges to the design of devices and opportunities associated with the lateral manipulation of electronic energy levels.