Abstract
The availability of native substrates is a cornerstone in the development of microelectronic technologies relying on epitaxial films. If native substrates are not available, virtual substrates - crystalline buffer layers epitaxially grown on a structurally dissimilar substrate - offer a solution. Realizing commercially viable virtual substrates requires the growth of high-quality films at high growth rates for large-scale production. We report the stoichiometric growth of SrTiO3 exceeding 600 nm hr−1. This tenfold increase in growth rate compared to SrTiO3 grown on silicon by conventional methods is enabled by a self-regulated growth window accessible in hybrid molecular beam epitaxy. Overcoming the materials integration challenge for complex oxides on silicon using virtual substrates opens a path to develop new electronic devices in the More than Moore era and silicon integrated quantum computation hardware.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2464 |
Journal | Nature Communications |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2019 |
Funding
J.M.L. and R.E.H. acknowledge National Science Foundation through the Penn State MRSEC program DMR-1420620, J.R. acknowledges DMR-1629477 and support through the NSF graduate student fellowship, M.B. and R.E.H. acknowledge the Department of Energy (Grant DE-SC0012375), L.Z. acknowledges the National Science Foundation through DMR-1352502. We thank Dr. Arnab Sen Gupta for assisting in growth of samples, Profs. Jon-Paul Maria and Venkat Gopalan, as well as Drs. Craig Eaton and Julian Walker for helpful discussions.
Funders | Funder number |
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National Science Foundation | |
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences | 1352502, 1420620 |
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences | |
U.S. Department of Energy | DMR-1352502, DE-SC0012375 |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Harvard University | DMR-1420620, DMR-1629477 |
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Harvard University |