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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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551

Wachstum epitaktischer CoSi$_2$-Schichten durch Reaktion metallischer Doppelschichten mit Si(100)

Gebhardt, Barbara 18 March 2000 (has links)
Die Bildung von CoSi$_2$-Schichten mittels TIME-Verfahren (TIME: Ti-Interlayer Mediated Epitaxy) wurde untersucht. Dabei wurde die Ti-Zwischenschicht durch eine Hf-Zwischenschicht ersetzt. Der Einfluss der Prozessparameter (Tempertemperatur, Temperzeit, Aufheizrate und Ausgangsschichtdicken) und des Metalls (Hf, Ti, Zr) der Zwischenschicht auf die Reaktion der metallischen Doppelschichten mit Si(100) wurde ermittelt. Zur Charakterisierung der Proben wurden RBS-, TEM-, XRD- und AES-Untersuchungen durchgefuehrt. Die Ausbildung eines Mehrschichtsystems nach der Temperung der Doppelschichten in Abhaengigkeit der Prozessparameter wird dargestellt. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Prozessparameter die Temperatur bestimmen, bei der die CoSi$_2$-Keimbildung stattfindet. Anhand dieser Untersuchungen wird nachgewiesen, dass sich mit Erhoehung der CoSi$_2$-Keimbildungstemperatur die epitaktische Qualitaet der gebildeten CoSi$_2$-Schicht verbessert. Die Erklaerung des Reaktionsablaufs der metallischen Doppelschichten mit Si(100) erfolgt anhand eines aufgestellten Reaktionsschemas. Zur Entfernung der Deckschicht wurden verschiedene Aetzverfahren angewandt und deren Wirkung verglichen. / The formation of a CoSi$_2$ layer by solid phase reaction of metallic bilayer with Si (TIME: Ti-Interlayer Mediated Epitaxy) was investigated. In this work the Ti was replaced by Hf. The influence of the annealing temperature, the annealing time, the heating rate and the thicknesses of the metallic layers on the reaction of the bilayer with Si was determined. The samples were characterised by Rutherford-backscattering (RBS), Transmission-Electron-Microscopy (TEM), X-ray-Diffraction and Auger-Electron-Spectroscopy (AES) studies. During the annealing of the samples a system of layers is formed. It was shown, that the annealing parameters and the thicknesses of the layer determine the temperature, on which the nucleation of CoSi$_2$ occurs. A decrease of this nucleation temperature leads to an improvement of the quality of the epitaxial CoSi$_2$ layer. A model of reaction is presented, which explains the reaction of the metallic bilayer with Si. The removal of the top layer by several etching procedures was investigated and the results were compared.
552

Nanostructures à base de semi-conducteurs nitrures pour l'émission ultraviolette / III-Nitride nanostructures for UV emitters

Himwas, Charlermchai 27 January 2015 (has links)
Ce travail porte sur la conception, l’épitaxie, et la caractérisation structural et optique de deux types de nanostructures, à savoir des boîtes quantiques AlGaN/AIN et des nanodisques AlGaN/AIN sur nanofils GaN. Ces nanostructures ont été synthetisées par épitaxie par jets moléculaires assistée par plasma (PA-MBE) et ont été conçues pour être le matériau actif d’une lampe ultraviolette à pompage électronique (EPUV) pour la purification de l'eau. En modifiant la composition Al et la géométrie des boîtes quantiques AlGaN/AlN, leur longueur d'onde d'émission peut être réglée dans la gamme 320-235 nm tout en gardant une grande efficacité quantique interne (> 35%). Le confinement quantique a été confirmé par la stabilité de l'intensité et du temps de déclin de la photoluminescence avec la température. La quantité optimale d’AlGaN dans les boîtes pour obtenir une luminescence maximale à la température ambiante est un compromis entre densité de boîtes quantiques et rendement quantique interne. L'effet de la variation du rapport hauteur/diamètre de base sur les transitions interbande et intrabande dans les boîtes a été explorée par ajustement des données expérimentales à des calculs tridimensionnels du diagramme de bande et des niveaux quantiques. En ce qui concerne les nanodisques d’AlGaN sur nanofils GaN, l'interdiffusion Al-Ga aux interfaces et l'hétérogénéité de l'alliage ternaire sont attribuées aux processus de relaxation des contraintes. Cette interprétation a été prouvée par la corrélation des données expérimentales avec des calculs de distribution déformation en trois dimensions effectuées sur des structures qui imitent la séquence de croissance réelle. Malgré le défi du manque d'homogénéité, la longueur d'onde d'émission des nanodisques AlGaN/AIN peut être réglée dans la gamme ultraviolette en préservant une haute efficacité quantique interne. Un prototype de lampe EPUV a été fabriqué en utilisant une région active à base de boîtes quantiques AlGaN/AIN avec les valeurs optimals d'épaisseur de la région active, d'épaisseur de la barrière AlN, et de quantité d’AlGaN dans chaque couche de boîtes. Pour ce premier dispositif, le SiC a été utilisé comme substrat pour éviter les problèmes associés à l’évacuation de charge ou de chaleur. Un essai de purification de l'eau par une telle lampe a été réalisé. Tous les échantillons ont été purifiés avec succès à la dose prévue. / This work reports on the design, epitaxial growth, and the structural, and optical characterization of two types of nanostructures, namely AlGaN/AlN Stranski-Krastanov quantum dots (SK-QD) and AlGaN/AlN nanodisks (NDs) on GaN nanowires (NWs). These nanostructures were grown using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) and were conceived to be the active media of electron-pumped ultraviolet (EPUV) emitters for water purification, operating in mid-ultraviolet range. The peak emission wavelength of three-dimensional SK-QD can be tuned in mid-ultraviolet range while keeping high internal quantum efficiency (IQE > 35%) by modifying the Al composition and the QD geometry. The efficient carrier confinement was confirmed by the stability of the photoluminescence intensity and decay time with temperature. The optimal deposited amount of AlGaN in AlGaN/AlN QDs which grants maximum luminescence at room temperature was determined by finding a compromise between the designs providing maximum IQE and maximum QD density. The effect of the variation of the QD height/base-diameter ratio on the interband and intraband optical properties was explored by fitting the experimental data with three-dimensional calculations of the band diagram and quantum levels. Regarding AlGaN/AlN NDs on GaN NWs, the Al-Ga intermixing at Al(Ga)N/GaN interfaces and the alloy inhomogeneity in AlGaN/AlN NDs are attributed to the strain relaxation process. This interpretation was proved by correlation of experimental data with three-dimensional strain distribution calculations performed on structures that imitate the real growth sequence. Despite the challenge of inhomogeneity, the emission wavelength of AlGaN/AlN NDs can be tuned in mid-ultraviolet range while preserving high IQE by adjusting the ND thickness and Al content. A prototype of EPUV emitter was fabricated using the AlGaN/AlN SK-QDs active region with proposed optimal design of active region thickness, AlN barrier thickness, and amount of AlGaN in each QD layer. For this first device, SiC was used as a substrate to prevent problems associated to charge or heat evacuation. A water purification test by such prototype EPUV emitter was carried out by irradiating E-coli bacteria, showing that all the specimens were successfully purified at the predicted ultraviolet dose.
553

Tailoring nanoscale metallic heterostructures with novel quantum properties

Sanders, Charlotte E. 2013 May 1900 (has links)
Silver (Ag) is an ideal low-loss platform for plasmonic applications, but from a materials standpoint it presents challenges. Development of plasmonic devices based on Ag thin film has been hindered both by the dificulty of fabricating such film and by its fragility out of vacuum. Silver is non-wetting on semiconducting and insulating substrates, but on certain semiconductors and insulators can adopt a metastable atomically at epitaxial film morphology if it is deposited using the "two-step" growth method. This method consists of deposition at low temperature and annealing to room temperature. However, epitaxial Ag is metastable, and dewets out of vacuum. The mechanisms of dewetting in this system remain little understood. The fragility of Ag film presents a particular problem for the engineering of plasmonic devices, which are predicted to have important industrial applications if robust low-loss platforms can be developed. This dissertation presents two sets of experiments. In the first set, scanning probe techniques and low energy electron microscopy have been used to characterize Ag(111) growth and dewetting on two orientations of silicon (Si), Si(111) and Si(100). These studies reveal that multiple mechanisms contribute to Ag film dewetting. Film stability is observed to increase with thickness, and thickness to play a decisive role in determining dewetting processes. A method has been developed to cap Ag film with germanium (Ge) to stabilize it against dewetting. The second set of experiments consists of optical studies that focus on the plasmonic properties of epitaxial Ag film. Because of the problems posed until now by epitaxial Ag growth and stabilization, research and development in the area of plasmonics has been limited to devices based on rough, thermally evaporated Ag film, which is robust and simple to produce. However, plasmonic damping in such film is higher than in epitaxial film. The optical studies presented here establish that Ag film can now be stabilized sufficiently to allow optical probing and device applications out of vacuum. Furthermore, they demonstrate the superiority of epitaxial Ag film relative to thermally evaporated film as a low-loss platform for plasmonic devices spanning the visible and infrared regimes. / text
554

Solid Phase Epitaxial Regrowth of alkali ion irradiated a-quartz / Alkaliioneninduzierte Epitaxie von a-Quarz

Gasiorek, Stanislawa 19 January 2004 (has links)
No description available.
555

Position-controlled selective area growth of Ga-polar GaN nanocolumns by molecular beam epitaxy / A versatile approach towards semipolar GaN and the characterization of single nanocolumns

Urban, Arne 29 November 2013 (has links)
No description available.
556

Kinetically determined surface morphology in epitaxial growth

Jones, Aleksy K. 11 1900 (has links)
Molecular beam epitaxy has recently been applied to the growth and self assembly of nanostructures on crystal substrates. This highlights the importance of understanding how microscopic rules of atomic motion and assembly lead to macroscopic surface shapes. In this thesis, we present results from two computational studies of these mechanisms. We identify a kinetic mechanism responsible for the emergence of low-angle facets in recent epitaxial regrowth experiments on patterned surfaces. Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of vicinal surfaces show that the preferred slope of the facets matches the threshold slope for the transition between step flow and growth by island nucleation. At this crossover slope, the surface step density is minimized and the adatom density is maximized, respectively. A model is developed that predicts the temperature dependence of the crossover slope and hence the facet slope. We also examine the "step bunching" instability thought to be present in step flow growth on surfaces with a downhill diffusion bias. One mechanism thought to produce the necessary bias is the inverse Ehrlich Schwoebel (ES) barrier. Using continuum, stochastic, and hybrid models of one dimensional step flow, we show that an inverse ES barrier to adatom migration is an insufficient condition to destabilize a surface against step bunching.
557

Heterojunction bipolar transistors and ultraviolet-light-emitting diodes based in the III-nitride material system grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

Lochner, Zachary M. 20 September 2013 (has links)
The material and device characteristics of InGaN/GaN heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition are examined. Two structures grown on sapphire with different p-InxGa1-xN base-region compositions, xIn = 0.03 and 0.05, are presented in a comparative study. In a second experiment, NpN-GaN/InGaN/GaN HBTs are grown and fabricated on free-standing GaN (FS-GaN) and sapphire substrates to investigate the effect of dislocations on III-nitride HBT epitaxial structures. The performance characteristics of HBTs on FS-GaN with a 20×20 m2 emitter area exhibit a maximum collector-current density of ~12.3 kA/cm2, a D.C. current gain of ~90, and a maximum differential gain of ~120 without surface passivation. For the development of deep-ultraviolet optoelectronics, several various structures of optically-pumped lasers at 257, 246, and 243 nm are demonstrated on (0001) AlN substrates. The threshold-power density at room temperature was reduced to as low as 297 kW/cm2. The dominating polarization was measured to be transverse electric in all cases. InAlN material was developed to provide lattice matched, high-bandgap energy cladding layers for a III-N UV laser structure. This would alleviate strain and dislocation formation in the structure, and also mitigate the polarization charge. However, a gallium auto-doping mechanism was encountered which prevents the growth of pure ternary InAlN, resulting instead in quaternary InAlGaN. This phenomenon is quantitatively examined and its source is explored.
558

Epitaxy of crystalline oxides for functional materials integration on silicon

Niu, Gang 20 October 2010 (has links) (PDF)
Oxides form a class of material which covers almost all the spectra of functionalities : dielectricity, semiconductivity, metallicity superconductivity, non-linear optics, acoustics, piezoelectricity, ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism...In this thesis, crystalline oxides have beenintegrated on the workhorse of the semiconductor industry, the silicon, by Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE).The first great interest of the epitaxial growth of crystalline oxides on silicon consists in the application of "high-k" dielectric for future sub-22nm CMOS technology. Gadoliniumoxide was explored in detail as a promising candidate of the alternative of SiO2. The pseudomorphic epitaxial growth of Gd2O3 on Si (111) was realized by identifying the optimal growth conditions. The Gd2O3 films show good dielectric properties and particularly an EOTof 0.73nm with a leakage current consistent with the requirements of ITRS for the sub-22nmnodes. In addition, the dielectric behavior of Gd2O3 thin films was further improved by performing PDA treatments. The second research interest on crystalline oxide/Si platform results from its potential application for the "More than Moore" and "Heterogeneous integration" technologies. TheSrTiO3/Si (001) was intensively studied as a paradigm of the integration of oxides on semiconductors. The crystallinity, interface and surface qualities and relaxation process of the STO films on silicon grown at the optimal conditions were investigated and analyzed. Several optimized growth processes were carried out and compared. Finally a "substrate-like" STO thin film was obtained on the silicon substrate with good crystallinity and atomic flat surface. Based on the Gd2O3/Si and SrTiO3/Si templates, diverse functionalities were integrated on the silicon substrate, such as ferro-(piezo-)electricity (BaTiO3, PZT and PMN-PT),ferromagnetism (LSMO) and optoelectronics (Ge). These functional materials epitaxially grown on Si can be widely used for storage memories, lasers and solar cells, etc.
559

Einfluss von reversibler epitaktischer Verspannung auf die elektronischen Eigenschaften supraleitender Dünnschichten

Trommler, Sascha 06 August 2014 (has links) (PDF)
Eine Methode zur Variation der interatomaren Abstände eröffnet die epitaktische Abscheidung dünner Schichten. Dabei führt die Wahl eines geeigneten Substrates zu Spannungen in der Schichtebene. Im Gegensatz zu hydrostatischen Druckexperimenten an Massivproben ist die dadurch erzeugte biaxiale Verspannung des Kristallgitters von der Art der Probenherstellung abhängig und kann anschließend nicht mehr variiert werden. Werden für verschiedene Verspannungszustände das Substrat und die Präparationsparameter angepasst, beeinflusst dies gleichzeitig das Schichtwachstum. Aus den daraus resultierenden Schichteigenschaften lässt sich der Einfluss der Gitterdeformation nur schwer separieren, was die Vergleichbarkeit von verschiedenen Verspannungszuständen stark einschränkt. Aus diesem Grund konzentrieren sich bisherige Untersuchungen zur Dehnungsempfindlichkeit von supraleitenden Dünnschichten zumeist auf die phänomenologische Beschreibung der Ergebnisse, da sie nur schwer mit der Verspannung in Korrelation zu setzen sind. Da dieses Problem mit herkömmlichen Verfahren nicht zu lösen ist, werden in dieser Arbeit neue Verspannungstechniken auf supraleitende Dünnschichten angewendet und im Besonderen mit dem Fokus auf Fe-basierte Supraleiter untersucht. Zum einen kommen dazu piezoelektrische Substrate zum Einsatz, die eine biaxiale Verspannung der darauf abgeschiedenen Dünnschicht ermöglichen, indem die Gitterparameter des Substrates durch ein elektrisches Feld verändert werden. Zum anderen wird auf Grundlage flexibler Substrate mittels eines Biegeversuchs eine uniaxiale Gitterdeformation von Dünnschichten realisiert. Zusammenfassend wird in dieser Arbeit die Anwendung der dynamischen Verspannung auf supraleitende Schichten für zwei wichtige Materialklassen demonstriert: die Kupferoxid-basierten Supraleiter und die Eisen-basierten Supraleiter. In beiden Fällen konnte ein epitaktisches Wachstum durch gezielte Anpassung der Pufferarchitektur erreicht werden. Im Fall der piezoelektrischen Substrate wurde der vollständige Übertrag der Verspannung in die Schicht nachgewiesen und die Temperaturabhängigkeit der induzierten Dehnung über verschiedene Verfahren ermittelt. Auf dieser Grundlage konnte die Dehnungsempfindlichkeit der supraleitenden Übergangstemperatur, die bisher nur durch statisch verspannte Schichten zugänglich war, näher untersucht werden. Zusätzlich erlaubte der Ansatz die Analyse der Vortexdynamik sowie des oberen kritischen Feldes. Es konnte materialübergreifend gezeigt werden, dass sich die Dehnungsempfindlichkeit der charakteristischen Übergangsfelder einheitlich beschreiben und sich dabei der Vortex-Glas-Flüssigkeits Übergang mit der Aktivierungsenergie korrelieren lässt.
560

Croissance épitaxiale et propriétés magnétiques d'hétérostructures de Mn5Ge3 sur Ge pour des applications en électronique de spin.

Spiesser, Aurelie 06 January 2011 (has links) (PDF)
L'intégration de matériaux ferromagnétiques dans des hétérostructures semi-conductrices offre aujourd'hui de nouvelles perspectives dans le domaine de l'électronique de spin. Dans ce manuscrit sont présentés les résultats de la croissance par épitaxie par jets moléculaires d' hétérostructures de Mn5Ge3 sur Ge(111). Le Mn5Ge3 est un composé ferromagnétique jusqu'à température ambiante qui a l'avantage de pouvoir s'intégrer directement au Ge, semi-conducteur du groupe IV. S'agissant d'un matériau relativement nouveau, un des efforts majeurs a porté sur la maîtrise de la croissance des couches minces de Mn5Ge3 par la technique d'épitaxie en phase solide (SPE). Un fort accent a été mis sur les caractérisations structurales, la détermination des relations d'épitaxie avec le Ge(111), afin de les relier aux propriétés magnétiques des films. La seconde partie de ce travail a été consacrée à l'étude des processus cinétiques d'incorporation de carbone dans les couches minces de Mn5Ge3. La combinaison des différents moyens de caractérisations structurales et magnétiques a permis d'aboutir à une augmentation notable de la température de Curie tout en conservant une excellente qualité structurale de la couche et de l'interface avec le Ge et une stabilité thermique jusqu'à 850°C. Tous ces résultats indiquent que les couches minces de Mn5Ge3 épitaxiées sur Ge(111) apparaissent comme des candidats à fort potentiel pour l'injection de spin dans les semi-conducteurs du groupe IV.

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