Thermodynamic and photochemical stability of low interface state density Ga2O3–GaAs structures fabricated by in situ molecular beam epitaxy

1996 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Passlack ◽  
Minghwei Hong ◽  
Joseph P. Mannaerts ◽  
Robert L. Opila ◽  
Fan Ren
1996 ◽  
Vol 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Passlack ◽  
M. Hong

AbstractWe have extended the spectrum of molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) related techniques by introducing in-situ deposition of oxides. The oxide films have been deposited on clean, atomically ordered (100) GaAs wafer surfaces using molecular beams of gallium-, magnesium-, silicon-, or aluminum oxide. Among the fabricated oxide-GaAs heterostructures, Ga2O3-GaAs interfaces exhibit unique electronic properties including an interface state density Dit in the low 1010 cm−2eV−1 range and an interface recombination velocity S of 4000 cm/s. The formation of inversion layers in both n- and p-type GaAs has been clearly established. Further, thermodynamic and photochemical stability of excellent electronic interface properties of Ga2O3-GaAs structures has been demonstrated.


1989 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Qiu ◽  
R.L. Gunshor ◽  
M. Kobayashi ◽  
D.R. Menke ◽  
Q.-D. Qian ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTIn the study reported here, the GaAs surface stoichiometry was systematically varied prior to the nucleation of ZnSe to form epitaxial ZnSe/epitaxial GaAs interfaces. The structures were grown by molecular beam epitaxy and evaluated by several techniques including capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements. A dramatic reduction of interface state density occurred when the GaAs epilayer was made As deficient. The resulting interface state densities of as-grown structures are comparable to values obtained with (Al,Ga)As/GaAs interfaces.


1996 ◽  
Vol 448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. Hsin ◽  
N. Y. Li ◽  
C. W. Tu ◽  
P. M. Asbeck

AbstractWe have studied the etching effect of AlxGa1-xAs (0≤ x ≤ 0.5) by trisdimethylaminoarsenic (TDMAAs) at different substrate temperatures, and the quality of the resulting etched/regrown GaAs interface. We find that the etching rate of AlxGa1-x As decreases with increasing Al composition, and the interface trap density of the TDMAAs etched/regrown interface can be reduced by about a factor of 10 as deduced from capacitance-voltage carrier profiles. A smooth surface morphology of GaAs with an interface state density of 1.4×l011 cm−2 can be obtained at a lower in-situ etching temperature of 550°C. Moreover, by using this in-situ etching the I-V characteristics of regrown p-n junctions of Al0.35Ga0.65As/Al0.25Ga0.75As and Al0.35Ga0.65As/GaAs can be improved.


1985 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia M. Phillips ◽  
Mary L. Manger ◽  
Loren Pfeiffer ◽  
D. C. Joy ◽  
T. P. Smith ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTRapid thermal annealing (RTA) has been shown to be a useful technique for improving the epitaxial quality of CaF2 films grown on Si(100) by molecular beam epitaxy. We have modified the annealing procedure to prevent crack formation, while still maintaining high film quality. Our work also shows RTA to be useful for improving the crystalline quality, chemical stability, and electrical characteristics of CaF2 films grown on Si(111). After RTA, the crystallinity of CaF2 films on Si(111), as measured by electron channeling, is indistinguishable from bulk single crystal CaF2, and the interface state density is reduced by nearly two orders of magnitude from that found in as-grown films.


Author(s):  
D. Loretto ◽  
J. M. Gibson ◽  
S. M. Yalisove ◽  
R. T. Tung

The cobalt disilicide/silicon system has potential applications as a metal-base and as a permeable-base transistor. Although thin, low defect density, films of CoSi2 on Si(111) have been successfully grown, there are reasons to believe that Si(100)/CoSi2 may be better suited to the transmission of electrons at the silicon/silicide interface than Si(111)/CoSi2. A TEM study of the formation of CoSi2 on Si(100) is therefore being conducted. We have previously reported TEM observations on Si(111)/CoSi2 grown both in situ, in an ultra high vacuum (UHV) TEM and ex situ, in a conventional Molecular Beam Epitaxy system.The procedures used for the MBE growth have been described elsewhere. In situ experiments were performed in a JEOL 200CX electron microscope, extensively modified to give a vacuum of better than 10-9 T in the specimen region and the capacity to do in situ sample heating and deposition. Cobalt was deposited onto clean Si(100) samples by thermal evaporation from cobalt-coated Ta filaments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 133 (7) ◽  
pp. 1279-1284
Author(s):  
Takuro Iwasaki ◽  
Toshiro Ono ◽  
Yohei Otani ◽  
Yukio Fukuda ◽  
Hiroshi Okamoto

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Brozek ◽  
James Heddleson

Abstract Use of non-contact test techniques to characterize degradation of the Si-SiO2 system on the wafer surface exposed to a plasma environment have proven themselves to be sensitive and useful in investigation of plasma charging level and uniformity. The current paper describes application of the surface charge analyzer and surface photo-voltage tool to explore process-induced charging occurring during plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) of TEOS oxide. The oxide charge, the interface state density, and dopant deactivation are studied on blanket oxidized wafers with respect to the effect of oxide deposition, power lift step, and subsequent annealing.


2014 ◽  
Vol 778-780 ◽  
pp. 631-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Akahane ◽  
Takuo Kano ◽  
Kyosuke Kimura ◽  
Hiroki Komatsu ◽  
Yukimune Watanabe ◽  
...  

A nitride layer was formed on a SiC surface by plasma nitridation using pure nitrogen as the reaction gas at the temperature from 800°C to 1400°C. The surface was characterized by XPS. The XPS measurement showed that an oxinitride layer was formed on the SiC surface by the plasma nitridation. The high process temperature seemed to be effective to activate the niridation reaction. A SiO2film was deposited on the nitridation layer to form SiO2/nitride/SiC structure. The interface state density of the SiO2/nitride/SiC structure was lower than that of the SiO2/SiC structure. This suggested that the nitridation was effective to improve the interface property.


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