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OLBRIGHT, GREGORY RICHARD. "FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS AND NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF ELECTRON-HOLE PLASMA IN SEMICONDUCTOR DOPED GLASSES." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184091.
Full textOsei-Yiadom, Eric. "Effects of Plasma, Temperature and Chemical Reactions on Porous Low Dielectric Films for Semiconductor Devices." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc33192/.
Full textHessami, Pilehrood Saeid. "Electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures under terahertz radiation." Access electronically, 2006. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20061026.162405/index.html.
Full textPhan, Thanh Long. "Etude fondamentale des mécanismes physico-chimiques de gravure plasma basés sur les effets stériques et de diffusion. Comportements prévisionnels de la gravure des éléments de la colonne IV et des composés III-V par les halogènes : loi de similitude." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01062182.
Full textGodet, Ludovic. "Développement d'un procédé de dopage de matériaux semi-conducteurs par plasma : caractérisation du plasma et de son interaction avec les matériaux." Nantes, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006NANT2085.
Full textThe aim of this work is to characterize the boron trifluoride plasma and its interaction with the materials during the ultra-shallow-junction doping process for semiconductors using a pulsed plasma doping system (PLAD). In order to measure in situ the ion energy distribution of the various ions present in the plasma, accelerated by the negative pulse and implanted into the silicon wafer, a special cathode was designed with a mass spectrometer installed in its center. The measurement of the composition of the bulk plasma ions as well as the composition of the ions provides some information on the collision processes that occur inside the sheath. Thanks to a better understanding of these processes, the doping process can be optimized. Based on the ion energy distributions measured with the mass spectrometer, the dopant depth profile can be predicted and the plasma can be tuned in order to obtain shallower dopant depth distribution in the silicon after plasma doping implantation
Pham, Nans. "Contribution à l’étude des effets liés au transport de l’hydrogène dans les couches minces et les dispositifs à base de silicium amorphe et microcristallin." Reims, 2009. http://theses.univ-reims.fr/sciences/2009REIMS036.pdf.
Full textIn this thesis, some aspects of the transport of hydrogen through hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and microcrystalline silicon (µc-Si:H) have been approached. After improving the experimental setup intended to the measurement of hydrogen effusing from a-Si:H under illumination, we showed that effusing hydrogen diffuses in the material as a molecule, since the recombination of atomic H occurs inside the material. Moreover, even though the small account of effused hydrogen, illumination induces substantial modifications in H configurations, as proven by both spectroscopic ellipsommetry and thermal hydrogen effusion measurement. The second part is devoted to the crystallisation kinetics of doped and intrinsic a-Si:H by chemical transport. The special feature of p-type a-Si:H, in comparison with i- and n- types due to boron effects which reduce the etching rate and enhance the H diffusion necessary to chemical annealing, has also benn confirmed. We have proposed a trap-limited diffusion model to interpret the "unusual" hydrogen evolution as soon as the growth of µc-Si:H starts. As for the third part, it focuses on the pelling-off effects occuring in µc-Si:H layers used in the production of field-effect transistors. These effets are attributed on the one hand to an accumulation of hydrogen at the substrate interface, and on the other hand, to interfacial stress. Finallu, we have pointed out that a preliminary and sustainable H-plasma on the substrate changes the hydrogen distribution within the deposited µc-Si:H layer, and prevent its pelling-off
Guillebot, de Nerville Marie Anne. "Dépôt par activation plasma de matériaux diélectriques sur substrat semi-conducteur pour les nouvelles technologies submicroniques : Optimisation d'un réacteur industriel." Montpellier 2, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995MON20049.
Full textDesplats, Olivier. "Préparation de surfaces structurées et reprise d'épitaxie par jets moléculaires : réalisation de micro et nano structures sur GaAs." Toulouse 3, 2008. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/299/.
Full textSurface patterning and epitaxial regrowth are key technologies for novel optoelectronic (nano) devices. The aim of this thesis has been to develop a preparation of GaAs micro- and nanopatterned surfaces suited for regrowth and to study the organization of InAs quantum dots on these surfaces. The patterns have been achieved by electronic lithography in a cap resist and transferred into GaAs by chemical etching. Surface decontamination by a O2: SF6 micro-wave plasma has been demonstrated. Roughening upon in situ deoxidization has been prevented thanks to a low temperature H plasma treatment. Molecular beam epitaxy on these patterned surfaces has been studied. InAs quantum dots have been grown and lateral ordering has been attained. This preparation method has been shown to be efficient for GaAs selective regrowth on Si3N4/GaAs patterned surfaces
Noguès-Delbos, Elise. "Densification de dépôts de zircone yttriée projetés par plasma d'arc Ar-H2 et N2-H2 pour leur utilisation dans l'industrie des semi-conducteurs." Limoges, 2007. https://aurore.unilim.fr/theses/nxfile/default/f9f2a754-9ac0-4af7-ba80-4c3d38c21d1b/blobholder:0/2007LIMO4047.pdf.
Full textIn semiconductor industry, the electronic chips, during their manufacturing process, can be covered with CVD/PVD coatings, carried out inside bell jars. After use, these quartz chambers, layered with a contaminated coating, are cleaned inside an acid solution. In order to increase their time of life and the time between two cleanings, Edwards society masks the chambers with a rough yttria partially stabilized zirconia coating made by plasma spraying process. However, the chemical cleaning solution reaches the quartz substrate through the coating porosity. So, the protected coating is etched at the same time than the contaminated coating. The aim of this research work is to increase the coating density to make it cleanable, in order to remove only the contaminated layer. Nevertheless, the coating roughness must remain high. The coating densification is obtained by optimising the plasma spray parameters (mass flow rate, hydrogen percentage, stand-off distance…), the powder size distribution, the plasma gas mixture composition (argon or nitrogen) and so the plasma torch design. This optimisation of spray conditions is determined by studying plasma properties, such as its enthalpy and its voltage fluctuations, and their influences on the in-flight particle thermal treatment, the corresponding splat formation and the coating growth and properties (especially their porosity, roughness and thickness)
Li, Xinhao S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Modeling the effects of surface plasmon resonance on hot electron collection in a metallic-semiconductor photonic crystal device." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111726.
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Metallic-semiconductor Schottky hot carrier devices have been found as a promising solution to harvest photon with energy below the bandgap of semiconductor, which is of crucial importance for realizing efficient solar energy conversion. In recent years, extensive efforts have been devoted to utilizing surface plasmon resonance to improve light absorption by creating strong light-metal interaction, which generates hot electrons through nonradiative decay. However, how surface plasmon enhances the efficiency of hot electron collection is still debatable. This thesis studies the effects of surface plasmon resonance on hot electron collection in a metallic-semiconductor photonic crystal (MSPhC) designed by our group for efficient photoelectron-chemical energy conversion. In contrast to a broadband light absorption at the range from 400 nm to 800 nm, the sub-bandgap photoresponse shows a single peak centered at 590 nm, which is identified as the surface plasmon resonant wavelength of this device. We develop a theoretical model of hot electron generation, transport and injection in this device incorporating the effects of anisotropic hot electron momentum distribution caused by surface plasmon resonance. Near resonant wavelength, surface plasmon dominates the electric field in the thin Au layer, which generates hot electrons with high enough momentum preferentially normal to the Schottky interface. Through analyzing the energy, momentum and spatial distribution of generated hot electrons, we develop a model to estimate the internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of this device. The anisotropic hot electron momentum distribution largely enhances IQE and photoresponse near the resonant wavelength. Compared with the widely used Fowler's theory of Schottky internal photoemission, our model can better predict IQE of surface plasmon assisted hot electron collection. Combined with large scale photonic design tools, this quantum-level model could be applied for tuning and enhancing photoresponse of Schottky hot carrier devices.
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Romanovsky, Igor Alexandrovich. "Novel properties of interacting particles in small low-dimensional systems." Diss., Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-07102006-041659/.
Full textLandman, Uzi, Committee Member ; Yannouleas, Constantine, Committee Member ; Bunimovich, Leonid, Committee Member ; Chou, Mei-Yin, Committee Member ; Pustilnik, Michael, Committee Member.
Foucher, Mickaël. "Dynamique des plasmas radio-fréquence à couplage inductif en gaz halogénés simples." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066278/document.
Full textRadio-frequency inductively-coupled plasmas in simple halogen gases (cl2/hbr/o2) are widely used in the semi-conductor industry. However, our knowledge of these plasmas is still incomplete. To improve it, numerous simulation studies have been performed in the last decades. Unfortunately, experimental results to compare these studies are still scarce. The objectives of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive set of experimental results. We focused on the plasmas of pure o2 and cl2. In this thesis, we extend the already available experimental results : neutral nd charges densities, translational temperatures. In particular, the tendancies of these parameters as a function of the pressure are carefully studied. Molecular vibrations are studied as well using a new kind of absorption spectroscopy setup. We show that the recent simulations are still far from representing the reactional processes in the studied plasmas. We then try to provide some ideas of improvement. This work is the needed start to improve etching plasma industrial processes
Paudel, Hari. "The effect of electron-hole pairs in semiconductor and topological insulator nanostructures on plasmon resonances and photon polarizations." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6338.
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Sanchez, Erik De Jesus. "Modeling of the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Effect for a Metal-Semiconductor (M-S) Junction at Elevated Temperatures." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4624.
Full textChoueib, Nargess. "Matrices de commutation par effets d'injection de porteurs sur InP." Thesis, Lille 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008LIL10017/document.
Full textStarting from a Digital Optical Switch based on carrier injection and InP optical integrated circuit techniques, which achieved high crosstalk performance (around -40dB), the aim of this thesis is to design and fabricate 2X2 optical switching matrixes keeping the same crosstalk performance. To reach such a goal, we first analyzed and designed, thanks to 2D and 3D Beam Propagation Method, passive matrixes that we fabricated and characterized. We obtained crosstalk close to -40dB in agreement with our theoretical predictions. We then matched our passive matrixes to a new structure of DOS which geometry fits better withsinusoidal shape of our matrix waveguides. We optimized five active matrixes that we fabricated and characterized to deduce the propagation and coupling losses, the consumption and the crosstalk. Which were found as a low as -30dB for the best matrix with the good optical polarization state
Dang, Thi Huong. "Interfacial skew tunneling in group III-V and group IV semiconductors driven by exchange and spin-orbit interactions; Study in the frame of an extended k.p theory." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLX089/document.
Full textWe report on theoretical, analytical and computational investigations and k.p calculations of electron and hole tunneling, in model systems and heterostructures composed of exchange-split III-V semiconductors involving spin-orbit interaction (SOI). We show that the interplay of SOI and exchange interactions at interfaces and tunnel junctions results in a large difference of transmission for carriers, depending on the sign of their incident in-plane wave vector (k//): this leads to interfacial skew-tunneling effects that we refer to as Anomalous Tunnel Hall Effect (ATHE). In a 2x2 exchange-split band model, the transmission asymmetry (A) between incidence angles related to +k// and -k// wave vector components, is shown to be maximal at peculiar points of the Brillouin zone corresponding to a totally quenched transmission (A = 100%). More generally, we demonstrate the universal character of the transmission asymmetry A vs. in-plane wavevector component, for given reduced kinetic energy and exchange parameter, A being universally scaled by a unique function, independent of the spin-orbit strength and of the material parameters. Similarly, striking tunneling phenomena arising in topological insulators have just been predicted. While they all are related to the spin-orbit directional anisotropy, ATHE differs from the tunneling Hall effect, spontaneous anomalous, and spin Hall effects, or spin-galvanic effect, previously reported for electron transport, by its giant forward asymmetry and chiral nature. These features have non-trivial connection with the symmetry properties of the system. All these results show that a new class of tunneling phenomena can now be investigated and experimentally probed.When valence bands are involved, we show (using 14x14 Hamiltonian and within a 2x2 toy model) that ATHE accurate calculations rely on a subtle treatment of the spurious (unphysical) states and we give an insight into the topology of the complex band structure. We introduce two numerical methods to remove spurious states and successfully, include them in 30-band codes able to describe indirect bandgap group-IV semiconductors. Calculations performed in the valence bands of model heterostructures including tunnel barriers, in both 6x6 and 14x14 k.p Hamiltonians without inversion asymmetry, more astonishingly highlight the same trends in the transmission asymmetry which appears to be related to the difference of orbital chirality and to the related branching (overlap) of the corresponding evanescent wave functions responsible for the tunneling current. Besides, we built an analytical model and developed scattering perturbative techniques based on Green’s function method to analytically deal with electrons and holes and to compare these results with numerical calculations. The agreement between the different approaches is very good. In the case of holes, the asymmetry appears to be robust and persists even when a single electrode is magnetic
Debrie, Francis. "Élaboration d'une technologie auto-alignée par gravure plasma de métaux réfractaires pour transistors à effet de champ à hétérojonction (AlGaAs/GaAs)." Toulouse, INPT, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986INPT046H.
Full textSilva, Michel da. "Etude de la compatibilité entre les circuits récepteurs pin et les transistors à effet de champ. : extension aux transistors à haute mobilité et à confinement des porteurs du canal bi-dimensionnel." Toulouse 3, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992TOU30153.
Full textBerciaud, Stéphane. "Détection photothermique et spectroscopie d'absoption de nano-objets individuels: nanoparticules métalliques, nanocristaux semiconducteurs, et nanotubes de carbone." Phd thesis, Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux I, 2006. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00123471.
Full textHétérodyne (PHI). Cette nouvelle méthode optique en champ lointain permet de détecter une
grande variété de nano-objets individuels absorbants (nanoparticules métalliques jusqu'à 1.4 nm
de diamètre, nanocristaux semiconducteurs, nanotubes de carbone métalliques et semiconducteurs,.
. .), sur un fond « noir », avec un très bon rapport signal à bruit. Le signal photothermique
a été caractérisé expérimentalement sur des nanoparticules d'or individuelles. Les mesures obtenues
sont comparées à des calculs analytiques issus d'un modèle électrodynamique. Etant donné
que ce signal est directement proportionnel à la puissance absorbée, la méthode PHI ouvre la
voie à des expériences de spectroscopie d'absorption à l'échelle du nano-objet individuel. Dans
un premier temps, nous avons sondé la résonance plasmon de surface de nanoparticules d'or
individuelles de 5 à 33 nm de diamètre. Cette étude a abouti à l'observation d'effets de taille
intrinsèques, analysés dans le cadre de la théorie de Mie. Nous avons ensuite mesuré les spectres
d'absorption de nanocristaux individuels de CdSe en régime multiexcitonique. Pour un même
nanocristal, la comparaison des spectres d'absorption photothermique et d'émission permet de
discuter l'origine physique du signal photothermique. Enfin, nous avons caractérisé la structure
de nanotubes de carbone semiconducteurs et métalliques individuels en analysant leurs spectres
d'absorption autour de leurs premières résonances optiques.
Lienerth, Peter. "Elaboration and characterization of field-effect transistors based on organic molecular wires for chemical sensing applications." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014STRAD003/document.
Full textThe molecular structure of organic semiconductors which can be tailored by the chemical synthesis influences the sensitivity and selectivity of gas sensor devices. To improve the understanding of the ongoing mechanisms in sensors based on organic field effect transistors (OFETs) this thesis follows three different tracks: The applicability of the hysteresis of the transfer characteristics as a gas sensing parameter is studied. As a complement to the standard transistor parameters the hysteresis improves the selectivity of poly(3-hexylthiophen-2,5-diyl) based OFETs to polar gases. Transient current measurements indicate the additional dependence on the detrapping kinetics as origin of the increased selectivity. To understand the influence of the molecular structure on the gas sensing behavior, polymers with alkoxy side chains, varying in polarity and steric hindrance, are used as gas sensing layer for ethanol vapor. The response strength correlates with the amount of absorbed analyte and the dipole moment of the side chains. To enable investigations of the mechanisms at the nanoscale, one part of this work focuses on the preparation of transistors with a reduced channel length. By using silicon nitride as dielectric layer, driving voltages decreased and interface properties could be improved
Shchepetov, Andrey. "Étude et fabrication de dispositifs nanométriques pour applications THz." Thesis, Lille 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008LIL10069/document.
Full textThe emergent applications in the Terahertz (THz) frequencies range stimulate the development of active and passive rapid devices as much as of emitters and detectors working in this domain. Actually existent devices do not respond to all industry needs because of too high consumption, size and cost, and other inconvenient. A solution for realisation of emitters and detectors could come from plasma-wave transistor that we studied. These devices are based on 1I1-V HEMT and utilised a particular behaviour of electronic transport. Measurements have shown the possibility of emission and detection of radiation at about 1 THz. From the other hand it is necessary to realize electronic active devices (transistors) able to operate near the THz range. This is necessary for realisation of rapid integrated circuits such as amplifiers, mixers and so on. To do this we have chosen to study two kinds of double-gate transistors. Measurements have shown the increasing of static and dynamic performances (maximum drain current and drain current saturation, efficiency of charge control, transconductance, output conductance, operation frequencies). Besides, the same performances can be obtained at lower consumption. Simulations show that performances could be improved even more
Laariedh, Farah. "Technologie d’intégration monolithique des JFET latéraux." Thesis, Lyon, INSA, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ISAL0031/document.
Full textSilicon carbide (SiC) a semiconductor is as wide band gap, notable for its physical properties located between silicon and diamond. The inherent properties of silicon carbide (SiC) high thermal conductivity, and high breakdown voltage make it a very promising material for high power, high temperature and high-frequency device applications. The thesis focused on the removal of technological barriers to achieve lateral components JFET (Junction Field Effect Transistor) and monolithically integrated in SiC-4H substrates. The objective is to realize an arm of inverter integrated there SIC with two floors command and power. Initially, we started this thesis by a characterization of two lots of components JFET with channels N and P realized during two previous ANR this thesis. In this study, we extracted several positive points, such, the breakdown voltage of the JFET power and monolithic integration of low voltage JFET. But we have also highlighted the need to optimize the structure of components and improve some technological steps, mainly the definition channels by ion implantation, the ohmic contact and deep etching. Extensive to achieve ohmic contact on SiC P type and methods for performing deep etching in SiC studies have been developed. These studies have resulted in a low resistance comparable to the state of the art world contact, having sizes in higher current and therefore a better modulation. For etching, a hard mask to silicon and nickel (NiSi) has enabled us to develop a novel method that allows deep etching of SiC JFETs achieve integrated structures. All these technological improvements allowed us to get new batches of P and N JFET integrated on the same chip components with better performance compared to previous achievements, especially with conduction channels 10 to 100 times important. We also got a modulation current Ids as a function of the voltage Vgs on a large number of JFET significantly increasing the performance compared to previous batches
Ji, Botao. "Synthesis and optical properties of plasmonic fluorescent quantum dots." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066674/document.
Full textDue to the surface plasmons in metallic nanostructures and the exceptional optical and electrical properties of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), QD/metal hybrid nanostructures attract much attention. However, although these structures are very promising, colloidal single QD/gold hybrids have rarely been synthesized.We managed to develop for the first time a generalized synthetic route to synthesize a QD/SiO2/Au core/shell/shell hybrid structure (golden QDs). First, hydrophobic QDs are individually encapsulated in silica beads via reverse microemulsion. The obtained QD/SiO2 nanoparticles are then coated with a continuous gold nanoshell using a solution deposition process. The thicknesses of the silica and the gold layers can be tailored independently to various dimensions. We showed that single golden thick-shell CdSe/CdS QDs provide a system with a stable and poissonian emission at room temperature and a high photostability. This novel hybrid golden QD structure behaves as a plasmonic resonator with a strong (~ 6) Purcell factor, in very good agreement with simulations. We also present the self-assembly of hydrophobic QDs into colloidal superparticles (SPs). With a fine choice of QDs, SPs could indeed possess outstanding properties including non-blinking fluorescence, high fluorescence intensity and multi-color emission. Multi-functional SPs could also be obtained by mixing fluorescent or magnetic nanocrystals. The subsequent growth of a silica shell on the SPs allowed an enhancement of their stability and we demonstrated this silica shell could itself be covered by a gold nanoshell to further improve the SPs photostability and biocompatibility
Bollaert, Sylvain Cappy Alain. "Composants ultra rapides pour applications en ondes millimétriques et submillimétriques." Villeneuve d'Ascq : Université des sciences et technologies de Lille, 2007. https://iris.univ-lille1.fr/dspace/handle/1908/975.
Full textN° d'ordre (Lille 1) : 479. Textes en français (synthèse des travaux) et en anglais (publications en annexe). Curriculum vitae. Titre provenant de la page de titre du document numérisé. Bibliogr. p. 72-80. Liste des publications et communications.
SENCE, MARTINE. "Etude des proprietes optiques du seleniure de cadmium sous hautes intensites d'excitation lumineuse." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989STR13021.
Full textJi, Botao. "Synthèse et propriétés optiques de quantum dots fluorescents plasmoniques." Phd thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2014. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-01065068.
Full textLaariedh, Farah. "Technologie d'intégration monolithique des JFET latéraux." Phd thesis, INSA de Lyon, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00940370.
Full textLudemann, Michael. "In situ Raman-Spektroskopie an Metallphthalocyaninen: Von ultradünnen Schichten zum organischen Feldeffekttransistor." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-206568.
Full textItawi, Ahmad. "Dispositifs photoniques hybrides sur Silicium comportant des guides nano-structurés : conception, fabrication et caractérisation." Thesis, Paris 11, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA112363/document.
Full textThis work contributes to the general context of III-V materials on Silicon hybrid devices for optical integrated functions, mainly emission/amplification at 1.55µm. Devices are considered for operation under electrical injection, reaching performances relevant for data transfer application. The main three contributions of this work concern: (i) bonding InP-based materials on Si, (ii) nanostructuration of the Si guiding layer for spatial and spectral control of the guided mode and (iii) technology of an hybrid electrically injected laser, with a special attention to the thermal budget. Bonding has been investigated following two approaches. The first one we call heterohepitaxial or oxide-free bonding, is performed without any intermediate layer at a temperature ~450°C. This approach has the great advantage allowing electrical transport across the interface, as reported in the literature. We have developed oxide-free surface preparation for both materials, mainly InP-based layers, and established bonding parameter processing. An in-depth STEM and RX structural characterization has demonstrated an oxide-free reconstructed interface without any dislocation except on one or two atomic layers which accommodate the large lattice mismatch (8.1%) between InP and Si. Photoluminescence of quantum wells intentionally grown close to the interface has shown no degradation. We have also developed an oxide-based bonding process operated at 300°C in order to be compatible with CMOS processing. The original ozone activation of the very thin (~5nm) oxide layer we have proposed demonstrates a bonding surface without any unbonded area due to degassing under annealing. We have developed an original method based on nanoindentation characterization in order to obtain a quantitative and local value of the surface bonding energy. Related to the absence or to the very thin intermediate layer between the two materials, our modal design is based on a double core structure, where most of the optical mode is confined in the Si guiding layer, and no taper is required. The Si waveguide on top of the SOI stack is a shallow ridge. A nanostructured material on both sides of the waveguide core ensures the lateral confinement, the nanostructuration geometry being at a sub-wavelength period in order to operate this material well below its photonic gap. It behaves as an uniaxial material with ordinary and extraordinary indices calculated according to the structuration geometry. Such a structuration allows modal and spectral control of the guided mode. 3D modal and spectral simulation have been performed. We have demonstrated, on a double-period structuration, a wavelength selective operation of hybrid optical waveguides. Such a double-period geometry could be included in a laser design for DFB operation. This nanostructuration has larger potential application such as coupled waveguides arrays or selective resonators. We have developed all the technological processing steps for an electrically injected hybrid laser fabrication. Main developments concern dry etching, performed with the Inductive Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etching ICP-RIE technique of both the nanostructuration of the Silicon material, and the mesa of the hybrid laser. Efficient electrical contacts fabrication is also a complex step. First lasers operating performances could be improved. We have investigated a specific design in order to overcome the thermal penalty encountered by all the hybrid devices. This penalty is due to the thick buried oxide layer of the SOI stack that prevents heating related to the current flow to be dissipated. Taking advantage of the electrical transport we have shown at the oxide-free interface, we propose a design where the n-contact is defined on the guiding Si layer, suppressing thermal heating under electrical operation. Such an approach is very promising for densely packed hybrid devices integrated with associated electronic driving elements on Si
Bao, Junjing 1981. "Interaction between plasma and low-k dielectric materials." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3820.
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Oye, Michael Mikio. "Effects of plasma species during the molecular-beam epitaxy growth of dilute nitride semiconductors for infrared optoelectronic device applications." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2844.
Full textCismaru, Cristian. "Charging and vacuum-ultraviolet radiation effects on plasma processing induced damage of semiconductor devices." 1999. http://www.library.wisc.edu/databases/connect/dissertations.html.
Full text李興龍. "Temperature-dependent surface plasmon resonance effect on a metal-semiconductor junction." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84194527107206490541.
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The principal goal of the thesis is to study the temperature-dependent surface plasmon resonance effect on Schottky junction. We study this effect by using attenuation total reflection (ATR) to excite the surface plasmon resonance. In the last several years, we have established a theoretical model, which can account for the temperature variation of the optical properties of metal, and to simulate the variation at different temperatures and different conditions. In our experiment, we use laser light with different wavelengths as the light source, and change the temperatures of samples in order to measure the reflectivity curves with different kinds and thickness of metals and semiconductors. To understand which parameters affect the surface plasmon resonance, we analyze the results that measured after experiments and compare them with theoretical simulation.
Otieno, Francis Otieno. "Enhancement of photo-conversion efficiency of organic solar cells by plasmon resonance effect." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19333.
Full textOrganic Photovoltaic (OPVs) is a promising alternative technology to provide clean and inexhaustible energy due to their excellent optoelectronic properties of the active polymer blends. The organic polymers have low weight, tunable electrical and optical properties besides being relatively insensitive to film imperfections which in the long run enable low-cost high-throughput roll-to-roll processing. However, their photo-conversion efficiency (PCE) and instability to air remains their greatest drawback as these preclude their commercialization. Indeed the highest power-conversion efficiency reported in literature is between 10-12 % compared to their inorganic counterparts (40 %). Therefore there is great need for improvement to make them competitive with grid parity. In this thesis, the major factors limiting the efficiency of organic solar cells such as light absorption, exciton diffusion and dissociation as well as charge collection are investigated and discussed. Despite the high thickness dependent absorption coefficients (>105 cm-1) within the visible spectrum the materials exhibit short exciton diffusion lengths (10-20 nm) which limit the optimal active layer thickness to a few nanometers. Improving optical absorption within this thickness forms the basis of this project. We report the use of surface Plasmons synthesized by both thermal evaporation and Radio Frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering system to tune and enhance optical absorption and scattering using the surface Plasmon resonance effect. The NPs were annealed at various temperatures and for different times to reconstruct and modify their shapes, sizes as well as the inter-particle distance (coverage). Stability is of paramount importance in organic semiconductor devices. Serious degradation in air constrains their applications potential. The study further investigates the mechanisms that determine the stability of organic photovoltaic devices. Our results depict the degradation mechanisms and their circumvention through the use of high mobility pentacene to improve stability.
Han-WeiTsai and 蔡翰偉. "Investigation of Silicon-Carbide Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors Fabricated by the Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition System." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85289445759406452407.
Full textLin, Jian-Gang, and 林艦港. "Investigation of Silicon–Germanium Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors by Plasma-enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Laser Assistance." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58021009956460785732.
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Silicon-germanium (SiGe) alloy is a popular material in applications of high speed devices and optoelectronic devices recently due to its tunable bandgap and compatibility with integrated circuits. However, the deposited SiGe films usually has to be deposited or annealed at high temperature for obtaining high performances. To avoid the undesirable treatment in high temperature, we used a new technique of laser-assisted plasma-enhanced chemical deposition system. Since CO2 laser can be used as an energized source to induce reactions gases of SiH4 and GeH4. SiGe based metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) were fabricated, in which the SiGe channel layer was deposited by using laser-assisted plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (LAPECVD) system. The characteristics were compared with the device without laser assistance. It can be seen that under the same gate voltage 40 V, the source/drain current of the MOSFETs fabricated with laser-assisted SiGe channel is about 450 nA, which is 15 times larger than that of the MOSFETs with the SiGe channel deposited without laser assistance. The gm,max of the devices with laser-assisted SiGe channel is 23 nS, which is 15 times larger compared with the gm,max of 1.6 nS for the device without laser assistance. When the SiGe films were deposited with laser assistance, it shows that the deposited SiGe device channel layer with laser-assisted were quite assisting purpose.
Ludemann, Michael. "In situ Raman-Spektroskopie an Metallphthalocyaninen: Von ultradünnen Schichten zum organischen Feldeffekttransistor." Doctoral thesis, 2014. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A20482.
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