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July 1999
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
ISSN 1071-1023
EISSN 1520-8567
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REGULAR ARTICLES
Application and calibration of a quartz needle sensor for high resolution scanning force microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1309–1312 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590751
Surface structure characterization of DNA oligomer on Cu(111) surface using low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1313–1316 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590752
Microstructure and electrical properties of Sb nanocrystals formed in thin, thermally grown layers by low-energy ion implantation
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1317–1322 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590753
Mechanical properties, stress evolution and high-temperature thermal stability of nanolayered Mo–Si–N/SiC thin films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1329–1335 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590755
Characterization of bending in single crystal Si beams and resonators
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1336–1340 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590756
In situ ellipsometric study of the formation process of metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy-grown quantum dots
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1341–1345 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590757
High temperature reaction of nitric oxide with Si surfaces: Formation of Si nanopillars through nitride masking and oxygen etching
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1346–1349 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590758
Low energy electron beam decomposition of metalorganic precursors with a scanning tunneling microscope at ambient atmosphere
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1350–1353 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590759
Two-dimensional dopant profiling of patterned Si wafers using phase imaging tapping mode atomic force microscopy with applied biases
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1354–1360 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590760
Fabrication of a microcavity structure with a polyimide thin film prepared by vacuum deposition polymerization
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1361–1365 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590761
Surface roughness development during photoresist dissolution
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1371–1379 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590763
Relations between the solubility speed and the electrical conductivity of phenol novolak polymer solutions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1380–1384 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590764
Low brightness and high emittance electron gun for a reducing image projection system
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1395–1399 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590766
Generalization of electrostatic lens characteristics using the Picht ray trajectories
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1400–1405 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590767
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses of oxide-masked organic polymers etched in high density plasmas using gas mixtures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1406–1412 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590768
Fabrication and characterization of chromium based single-electron transistors with evaporated chromium oxide barrier tunnel junctions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1413–1416 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590769
Process sensing and metrology in gate oxide growth by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition from and
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1417–1423 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590770
Relaxation of strained Si layers grown on SiGe buffers
S. B. Samavedam; W. J. Taylor; J. M. Grant; J. A. Smith; P. J. Tobin; A. Dip; A. M. Phillips; R. Liu
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1424–1429 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590771
High density plasma deposition of device quality silicon nitride. II. Effects of thickness on the electrical properties
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1430–1434 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.591100
Characterization of Al, Cu, and TiN surface cleaning following a low-K dielectric etch
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1435–1447 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590772
Reaction and thermal stability of cobalt disilicide on polysilicon resulting from a Si/Ti/Co multilayer system
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1448–1455 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590773
Study of crystal orientation in Cu film on TiN layered structures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1464–1469 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590775
Barrier properties of diffusion barrier for dynamic random access memory capacitor bottom electrodes
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1470–1476 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590776
Superlatticed negative differential-resistance heterojunction bipolar transistor
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1477–1481 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590777
High-quality InAlAs layers grown on (411)A-oriented InP substrates by molecular beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1482–1484 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590778
Strain in AlGaN layer studied by Rutherford backscattering/channeling and x-ray diffraction
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1502–1506 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590780
Blueshift of /GaN single quantum well band gap energy by rapid thermal annealing
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1507–1509 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590781
New self-aligned processes for III–V electronic high speed devices
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1510–1515 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590782
Effect of short-time helicon-wave excited plasma treatment on the interface characteristic of GaAs
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1516–1524 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590783
Nitridation of GaAs(001) surface: Auger electron spectroscopy and reflection high-energy electron diffraction
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1525–1539 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590784
Inductively coupled plasma damage in GaN Schottky diodes
X. A. Cao; A. P. Zhang; G. T. Dang; H. Cho; F. Ren; S. J. Pearton; R. J. Shul; L. Zhang; R. Hickman; J. M. Van Hove
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1540–1544 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590785
Effect of rapid thermal annealing on radio-frequency magnetron-sputtered GaN thin films and Au/GaN Schottky diodes
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1545–1548 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590786
Plasma assisted two stage selenization process for the preparation of low resistivity ZnSe films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1549–1552 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590787
Arrays of ungated GaAs field emitters fabricated by wet or dry etching
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1553–1560 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590788
Novel lateral field emission device fabricated on silicon-on-insulator material
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1561–1566 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590789
Field emission properties of diamondlike carbon films deposited by ion beam assisted deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1567–1569 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590790
High aspect ratio all diamond tips formed by focused ion beam for conducting atomic force microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1570–1574 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590842
Sensitivity analysis of the field emitter
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1575–1579 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590791
High field characteristics of dielectric spacers in thin-film electrode vacuum gaps
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1580–1584 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590792
BRIEF REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Mechanism of highly preferred (002) texture of Ti films sputter deposited on water-absorbed borophosphosilicate glass films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1585–1588 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590793
Microfabrication and testing of suspended structures compatible with silicon-on-insulator technology
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1589–1593 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590794
RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Low-energy electron-beam lithography using calixarene
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1594–1597 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590795
New method to prepare ternary barrier to Cu diffusion by implanting ions into W–N thin film
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1598–1601 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590796
Growth of a near-atomic protrusion on molybdenum field emitter tips under argon ion bombardment
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1602–1604 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590797
SHOP NOTES
Multilayer resist films applicable to nanopatterning of insulating substrates based on current-injecting scanning probe lithography
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1605–1608 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590798
PAPERS FROM THE 26TH CONFERENCE ON THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES
DIELECTRICS, QUANTUM DOTS, AND OPTOELECTRONIC INTERFACES
Deliberately designed interfaces for monolithic integration in optoelectronics
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1612–1616 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590799
Pyroelectronics: Novel device concepts based on nitride interfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1617–1621 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590800
Selective area chemical vapor deposition of titanium oxide films: Characterization of as an electron beam resist
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1622–1626 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590801
Reduction and creation of paramagnetic centers on surfaces of three different polytypes of SiC
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1627–1631 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590802
Finite linewidth observed in photoluminescence spectra of individual quantum dots
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1632–1638 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590924
Atomic structure of stacked InAs quantum dots grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1639–1648 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590803
Quantum dot-like behavior of GaInNAs in GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells grown by gas-source molecular-beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1649–1653 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590804
NITRIDE EPITAXY, PHOTONIC PROBES, AND BAND OFFSETS
Influence of active nitrogen species on high temperature limitations for GaN growth by rf plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1654–1658 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590805
Nitridation of the GaAs(001) surface: Thermal behavior of the (3×3) reconstruction and its evolution
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1659–1665 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590806
Use of ultrathin ZnSe dipole layers for band offset engineering at Ge and Si homo/heterojunctions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1666–1673 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590807
AlN and GaN epitaxial heterojunctions on 6H–SiC(0001): Valence band offsets and polarization fields
Angela Rizzi; Roberta Lantier; Fulvia Monti; Hans Lüth; Fabio Della Sala; Aldo Di Carlo; Paolo Lugli
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1674–1681 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590808
Epitaxial growth and electronic structure of lanthanide silicides on n-type Si(111)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1682–1690 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590809
GaP(001) and InP(001): Reflectance anisotropy and surface geometry
N. Esser; W. G. Schmidt; J. Bernholc; A. M. Frisch; P. Vogt; M. Zorn; M. Pristovsek; W. Richter; F. Bechstedt; Th. Hannappel; S. Visbeck
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1691–1696 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590810
In situ reflectance difference spectroscopy of II–VI compounds: A real time study of N plasma doping during molecular beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1697–1701 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590811
MAGNETIC INTERFACES AND PHOTON SCATTERING
Specular electron scattering in metallic thin films
W. F. Egelhoff, Jr.; P. J. Chen; C. J. Powell; D. Parks; G. Serpa; R. D. McMichael; D. Martien; A. E. Berkowitz
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1702–1707 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590812
Spin relaxation of conduction electrons
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1708–1715 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590813
Kinetics of MnAs growth on GaAs(001) and interface structure
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1716–1721 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590814
Reflectance difference spectroscopy and magneto-optical analysis of digital magnetic heterostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1722–1727 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590815
Coherent soft x-ray scattering from InP islands on a semiconductor substrate
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1728–1732 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590816
Infrared study of Si surfaces and buried interfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1733–1737 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590843
Infrared and Raman studies of confined and interface optical phonons in short-period GaAs/AlAs superlattices with a grating coupler
A. Milekhin; M. Rösch; E. Batke; D. R. T. Zahn; K. Köhler; P. Ganser; V. Preobrazhenskii; B. Semyagin
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1738–1741 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590817
PIEZOELECTRIC EFFECTS, MINIGAPS, DEFECT CENTERS, AND DEVICES
Spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization effects in III–V nitride heterostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1742–1749 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590818
Electric force microscopy of induced charges and surface potentials in GaN modified by light and strain
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1750–1752 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590819
Piezoelectric fields in nitride devices
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1753–1756 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590820
Minigaps in strained silicon quantum wells on tilted substrates
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1757–1760 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590821
DX centers in and heterostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1761–1766 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590822
Behavior of a new ordered structural dopant source in InAs/(001) GaP heterostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1767–1772 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590823
Nanoelectronic device applications of a chemically stable GaAs structure
D. B. Janes; V. R. Kolagunta; M. Batistuta; B. L. Walsh; R. P. Andres; Jia Liu; J. Dicke; J. Lauterbach; T. Pletcher; E. H. Chen; M. R. Melloch; E. L. Peckham; H. J. Ueng; J. M. Woodall; Takhee Lee; R. Reifenberger; C. P. Kubiak; B. Kasibhatla
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1773–1777 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590824
SUPERLATTICES, III-V GROWTH, AND CHARACTERIZATION
Role of in Ga diffusion on the GaAs(001)-(2×4) surface: A molecular beam epitaxy-scanning tunneling microscopy study
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1778–1780 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590825
Cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy of InAsSb/InAsP superlattices
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1781–1785 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590826
Characterization of AlSb/InAs surfaces and resonant tunneling devices
B. Z. Nosho; W. H. Weinberg; W. Barvosa-Carter; A. S. Bracker; R. Magno; B. R. Bennett; J. C. Culbertson; B. V. Shanabrook; L. J. Whitman
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1786–1790 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590827
Analysis of buried (Al,Ga)As interfaces after molecular-beam epitaxy overgrowth
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1791–1794 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590828
SI/SO(2) AND SI-SI(3)N(4) INTERFACES: DEFECT PROPERTIES AND NOVEL STRUCTURES
Constraint theory and defect densities at (nanometer -based dielectric)/Si interfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1803–1805 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590830
Bonding constraint-induced defect formation at Si-dielectric interfaces and internal interfaces in dual-layer gate dielectrics
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1806–1812 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590831
Suppression of boron transport out of polycrystalline silicon at polycrystalline silicon dielectric interfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1813–1822 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590832
Energy-dependent conduction band mass of determined by ballistic electron emission microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1823–1830 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590833
Band offsets for ultrathin and films on Si(111) and Si(100) from photoemission spectroscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1831–1835 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590834
Interfacial properties of ultrathin pure silicon nitride formed by remote plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1836–1839 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590835
Remote plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition in silicon based nanostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1840–1847 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590836
Self-organization in heteroepitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1848–1851 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590837
NOVEL GROWTH, NANO-MACHINING, AND CHARACTERIZATION
Comparison of nanomachined III–V semiconductor substrates
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1852–1855 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590844
Properties of nanometer-sized metal–semiconductor interfaces of GaAs and InP formed by an in situ electrochemical process
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1856–1866 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590838
Barrier heights of real Schottky contacts explained by metal-induced gap states and lateral inhomogeneities
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1867–1876 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590839
In situ electrical determination of reaction kinetics and interface properties at molecular beam epitaxy grown metal/semiconductor interfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1877–1883 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590845
Photoemission spectromicroscopy studies on epitaxial lateral overgrowth GaN surfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 17, 1884–1890 (1999)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.590840
Future of plasma etching for microelectronics: Challenges and opportunities
Gottlieb S. Oehrlein, Stephan M. Brandstadter, et al.
Transferable GeSn ribbon photodetectors for high-speed short-wave infrared photonic applications
Haochen Zhao, Suho Park, et al.
Filtering the beam from an ionic liquid ion source
Alexander C. G. Storey, Aydin Sabouri, et al.