H + was implanted into single-crystal silicon with a dose of 1×1016/cm2 and an energy of 30 KeV, and then He+ was implanted into the same sample with the same dose and an energy of 33 KeV. Both of the implantations were performed at room temperature. Subsequently, the samples were annealed in a temperature range from 200 to 450 °C for 1 h. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry/channeling, elastic recoil detection, and high resolution x-ray diffraction were employed to characterize the strain, defects, and the distribution of H and He in the samples. The results showed that co-implantation of H and He decreases the total implantation dose, with which the surface could exfoliate during annealing. During annealing, the distribution of hydrogen did not change, but helium moved deeper and its distribution became sharper. At the same time, the maximum of the strain in the samples decreased a lot and also moved deeper. Furthermore, the defects introduced by ion implantation and annealing were characterized by slow positron annihilation spectroscopy, and two positron trap peaks were found. After annealing, the maximum of these two peaks decreased at the same time and their positions moved towards the surface. No bubbles or voids but cracks and platelets were observed by cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy. Finally, the relationship between the total implantation dose and the fraction of hydrogen in total implantation dose was calculated.
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H + and He + were implanted into single crystals in different orders (H + first or He + first). Subsequently, the samples were annealed at different temperatures from 200 • C to 450 • C for 1 h. Cross sectional transmission electron microscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry and channelling, elastic recoil detection were employed to characterize the defects and the distribution of H and He in the samples. Furthermore, the positron traps introduced by ion implantation and annealing were characterized by slow positron annihilation spectroscopy. Both orders in the coimplantation of H and He have the ability to decreases the total implantation dose after annealing. No bubbles or voids but cracks and platelets, were observed by cross sectional transmission electron microscopy. The different implantation orders affect the density of interstitial atoms and positron traps.
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