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May 2007
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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
Intermediate-layer lithography method for producing metal micropatterns
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 677–685 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2718961
Properties of Fe-doped, thick, freestanding GaN crystals grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy
A. Y. Polyakov; N. B. Smirnov; A. V. Govorkov; V. I. Vdovin; A. V. Markov; A. A. Shlensky; Ed Prebble; Drew Hanser; J. M. Zavada; S. J. Pearton
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 686–690 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2718962
Comprehensive investigation on emitter ledge length of heterojunction bipolar transistors
Ssu-I Fu; Rong-Chau Liu; Shiou-Ying Cheng; Po-Hsien Lai; Yan-Ying Tsai; Ching-Wen Hung; Tzu-Pin Chen; Wen-Chau Liu
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 691–696 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723746
Experimental investigation of micro-mesoscale Knudsen compressor performance at low pressures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 703–714 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723755
Etch mechanisms of hybrid low- material (SiOCH with porogen) in fluorocarbon based plasma
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 715–720 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723756
Fabrication of GaN suspended photonic crystal membranes and resonant nanocavities on Si(111)
A. Rosenberg; K. Bussmann; Mijin Kim; Michael W. Carter; M. A. Mastro; Ronald T. Holm; Richard L. Henry; Joshua D. Caldwell; Charles R. Eddy, Jr.
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 721–724 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723750
Manufacturing method for the fabrication of sub- current-perpendicular-to-plane spin valve sensors
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 725–729 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2719200
Fabrication of suspended single crystal diamond devices by electrochemical etch
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 730–733 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731327
Improved performance of a dual-passivated heterojunction bipolar transistor
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 734–738 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731331
Profile control of novel non-Si gates using plasma
Denis Shamiryan; Vasile Paraschiv; Salvador Eslava-Fernandez; Marc Demand; Mikhail Baklanov; Stephan Beckx; Werner Boullart
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 739–744 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731333
Nanoscale resist morphologies of dense gratings using electron-beam lithography
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 745–753 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731330
Epitaxial growth of films on GaN (0001) by pulsed laser deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 754–759 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731332
Low-damage fabrication of high aspect nanocolumns by using neutral beams and ferritin-iron-core mask
Tomohiro Kubota; Tomohiro Baba; Suguru Saito; Satoshi Yamasaki; Shinya Kumagai; Takuo Matsui; Yukiharu Uraoka; Takashi Fuyuki; Ichiro Yamashita; Seiji Samukawa
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 760–766 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2732734
Poly- gate stack etching in high-density plasmas
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 767–778 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2732736
Study of photoresist etching and roughness formation in electron-beam generated plasmas
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 779–784 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2732741
UV nanoimprint materials: Surface energies, residual layers, and imprint quality
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 785–790 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2732742
Formation and morphology of InGaN nanoislands on GaN(0001)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 791–795 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734156
Sn quantum dots embedded in formed by low energy ion implantation
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 796–800 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723752
Spontaneous formation of Si nanocones vertically aligned to Si wafers
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 808–812 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734976
Process for scanning near-field microwave microscope probes with integrated ultratall coaxial tips
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 813–816 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2721571
Electron emission from -coated silicon-tip arrays
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 817–821 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723754
Embedded vertically grown carbon nanotubes for field emission applications
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 822–828 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731324
Analysis of the driving characteristic of carbon nanotube triode with high frequency
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 829–832 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2735967
Ordered silicon nanostructures by ion beam induced glancing angle deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 833–838 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2737436
Low bias reactive ion etching of GaAs with a time-multiplexed process
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 839–844 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2737439
Characteristics of atomic-layer-deposited thin gate dielectrics
D. H. Triyoso; R. I. Hegde; J. K. Schaeffer; R. Gregory; X.-D. Wang; M. Canonico; D. Roan; E. A. Hebert; K. Kim; J. Jiang; R. Rai; V. Kaushik; S. B. Samavedam; N. Rochat
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 845–852 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734978
Position measurement method for alignment in UV imprint using a high index mold and “electronic” moiré technique
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 853–856 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2737440
Characterization and control of unconfined lateral diffusion under stencil masks
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 857–861 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2737437
Nanopattern transfer to by ion track lithography and highly selective HF vapor etching
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 862–867 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2738481
Novel spin-on hard mask with Si-containing bottom antireflective coating for nanolithography
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 868–872 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2732740
Function of quantum-confinement effect in the heterostructure with an AlN interfacial layer
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 873–876 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734975
Fabrication of nanostructures using a -methylcalix[4]resorcinarene dielectric spacer
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 877–880 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2738483
Analyses of chamber wall coatings during the patterning of ultralow- materials with a metal hard mask: Consequences on cleaning strategies
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 886–892 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2738482
Nanosized tungsten carbide for reduction
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 893–898 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2738488
Defect-free two-dimensional-photonic crystal structures on a nonlinear optical polymer patterned by nanoimprint lithography
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 899–901 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2740276
High gain heterojunction bipolar transistor fabricated on substrate
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 902–905 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2740278
Restoration and pore sealing of plasma damaged porous organosilicate low dielectrics with phenyl containing agents
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 906–912 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2738489
quantum cascade lasers grown by solid phosphorus molecular beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 913–915 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2740287
Nanosoldering of carbon nanotubes on metal electrodes with an atomic force microscope
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 916–921 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2740277
Focused ion beam tomography of a microelectronic device with sub- resolution
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 922–925 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2740288
High quality of material grown by solid source molecular beam epitaxy for laser device printing applications
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 926–930 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2718963
Fabrication of local microvacuum package incorporating Si field emitter array and Ti getter
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 931–934 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2720851
Novelty and versatility of self-catalytic nanowire growth: A case study with InN nanowires
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 940–944 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2740275
Brief Reports and Comments
Effect of surface pretreatment and substrate orientation on the characteristics of InAs quantum dots on Si and substrates
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 945–947 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2739568
PAPERS FROM THE 24th NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY
Heterostructures
Effects of temperature, nitrogen ions, and antimony on wide depletion width GaInNAs
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 955–959 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2715993
Impact of arsenic species on the relaxation and morphology of step-graded on InP substrates
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 960–963 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2717197
Nitrides
Kinetics of gallium adlayer adsorption/desorption on polar and nonpolar GaN surfaces
Soojeong Choi; Tong-Ho Kim; Henry O. Everitt; April Brown; Maria Losurdo; Giovanni Bruno; Akihiro Moto
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 969–973 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2720856
Direct-write composition patterning of InGaN by focused thermal beam during molecular-beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 974–977 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734164
Thermodynamic analysis of cation incorporation during molecular beam epitaxy of nitride films using metal-rich growth conditions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 978–982 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2716003
Equipment
Applications
Chemical beam epitaxy of multiquantum well solar cell
A. Freundlich; A. Fotkatzikis; L. Bhusal; L. Williams; A. Alemu; W. Zhu; J. A. H. Coaquira; A. Feltrin; G. Radhakrishnan
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 987–990 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723757
Molecular beam epitaxy growth of antimonide type-II “W” high-power interband cascade lasers and long-wavelength infrared photodiodes
C. S. Kim; C. L. Canedy; E. H. Aifer; M. Kim; W. W. Bewley; J. G. Tischler; D. C. Larrabee; J. A. Nolde; J. H. Warner; I. Vurgaftman; E. M. Jackson; J. R. Meyer
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 991–994 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2484728
Other Semiconductors
Intersubband transitions in molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown wide band gap II-VI semiconductors
A. Shen; H. Lu; M. C. Tamargo; W. Charles; I. Yokomizo; C. Y. Song; H. C. Liu; S. K. Zhang; X. Zhou; R. R. Alfano; K. J. Franz; C. Gmachl
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 995–998 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2720859
Magnetic Materials
Anomalous x-ray diffraction study of disorders in epitaxial films of the Heusler alloy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 999–1003 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2720857
Magnetoresistance of fully epitaxial lateral spin valves
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1004–1008 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2715991
In Situ Characterization
Reproducible reflection high energy electron diffraction signatures for improvement of AlN using in situ growth regime characterization
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1009–1013 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2737435
Real time optical monitoring of molecular beam epitaxy of InN on SiC substrates
Maria Losurdo; Tong-Ho Kim; Soojeong Choi; Pae Wu; Maria M. Giangregorio; Giovanni Bruno; April Brown
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1014–1018 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2737433
In situ spectroscopic ellipsometry to monitor surface plasmon resonant group-III metals deposited by molecular beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1019–1023 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734163
Oxides on Semiconductors
GdGaO: A gate dielectric for GaAs metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors
M. Holland; C. R. Stanley; W. Reid; I. Thayne; G. W. Paterson; A. R. Long; P. Longo; J. Scott; A. J. Craven; R. Gregory
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1024–1028 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2738480
Epitaxial calcium oxide films deposited on gallium nitride surfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1029–1032 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2710243
Thin, crystalline MgO on hexagonal by molecular beam epitaxy for functional oxide integration
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1033–1038 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734979
Oxide Materials
Integration of functional epitaxial oxides into silicon: From high- application to nanostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1039–1043 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2720858
Growth by molecular beam epitaxy of self-assembled InAs quantum dots on InAlAs and InGaAs lattice-matched to InP
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1044–1048 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731334
rf oxygen plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy growth of thin films on (001)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1049–1052 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2715992
Posters
Epitaxial growth and strain relaxation of thin films on buffered (001) Si by molecular beam epitaxy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1053–1057 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2539503
Unintentional calcium incorporation in Ga(Al, In, N)As
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1058–1062 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2717196
Effect of Al composition on filtering of threading dislocations by heterostructures grown on GaAs (001)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1063–1065 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2740271
Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of InAs quantum dot growth on nonlithographically patterned substrates
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1072–1076 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2731335
Excitation dependent photoluminescence measurements of the nonradiative lifetime and quantum efficiency in GaAs
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1077–1082 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2720864
Midinfrared InGaAsSb quantum well lasers with digitally grown tensile-strained AlGaAsSb barriers
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1083–1086 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723758
Optical properties of molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown InGaMnAs thin films
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1087–1089 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2734161
Molecular-beam epitaxy of phosphor-free InAlGaAs multiple-quantum-well lasers on InP (100)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1090–1092 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2737434
Fabrication and optical characterization of highly ordered quantum dots on nonlithographically patterned substrates
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1093–1097 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723759
Molecular-beam epitaxy growth of device-compatible GaAs on silicon substrates with thin step-graded buffer layers for high- III-V metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor applications
Michael M. Oye; Davood Shahrjerdi; Injo Ok; Jeffrey B. Hurst; Shannon D. Lewis; Sagnik Dey; David Q. Kelly; Sachin Joshi; Terry J. Mattord; Xiaojun Yu; Mark A. Wistey; James S. Harris, Jr.; Archie L. Holmes, Jr.; Jack C. Lee; Sanjay K. Banerjee
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1098–1102 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2713119
Study of intersubband transitions of multiple quantum wells grown by molecular beam epitaxy for midinfrared device applications
H. Lu; A. Shen; M. C. Tamargo; W. Charles; I. Yokomizo; M. Muñoz; Y. Gong; G. F. Neumark; K. J. Franz; C. Gmachl; C. Y. Song; H. C. Liu
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1103–1107 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2723761
-like centers in QDIPs observed by polarization-dependent Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1108–1112 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2484803
Optical studies of molecular beam epitaxy grown single quantum well structures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, 1113–1116 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2720860
Letters
Field emission from GaN and nanorod heterostructures
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, L15–L18 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2732735
Deposition of zinc oxide layers by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 25, L19–L21 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2735968
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.
Self-aligned fabrication of vertical, fin-based structures
Joshua Perozek, Tomás Palacios