Analysis of tensile strain enhancement in Ge nano-belts on an insulator surrounded by dielectrics

Ge nano-belts with large tensile strain are considered as one of the promising materials for high carrier mobility metal- oxide-semiconductor transistors and efficient photonic devices. In this paper, we design the Ge nano-belts on an insulator surrounded by Si3N4 or SiO？ for improving their tensile strain and simulate the strain profiles by using the finite difference time domain （FDTD） method. The width and thickness parameters of Ge nano-belts on an insulator, which have great effects on the strain profile, are optimized. A large uniaxial tensile strain of 1.16% in 50-nm width and 12-nm thickness Ge nano-belts with the sidewalls protected by Si3N4 is achieved after thermal treatments, which would significantly tailor the band gap structures of Ge-nanobelts to realize the high performance devices.     

CdSiP2多晶提纯与单晶生长

采用重结晶技术,对CdSiP2多晶进行快速下降提纯,以提纯后的晶锭为原料,利用改进的垂直布里奇曼法生长出CdSiP2单晶体,尺寸达φ18 mm×51 mm.经能量色散仪(EDS),X射线衍射(XRD),X射线光电子能谱(XPS)以及电感耦合等离子体光谱仪(ICP)测试表明,重结晶提纯能有效降低CdSiP2多晶中Fe、Mn等影响晶体性能的微量元素含量,获得高纯四方黄铜矿结构的CdSiP2多晶材料.采用X射线衍射仪和红外傅立叶变换分光光度计分别对生长的CdSiP2单晶体自然解理面与厚度2 mm的CdSiP2晶片进行测试,获得了{101}晶面族六级衍射峰,晶片在2～7μm波段范围的红外透过率高于53;,对应的吸收系数低于0.09 cm-1.上述研究结果表明,采用提纯后原料生长的CdSiP2单晶体结晶性好,光学性能优良,可进一步用于制作CdSiP2激光频率转换器件.     

AgGa0.7In0.3Se2晶体热膨胀行为研究

采用一种新的定向方法,快速定出了AgGa0.7In03Se2晶体c轴方向,制备得到[001]、[100]方向的块状样品;采用德国B(a)hr公司的WinTA 100热膨胀仪对其进行测试,分别获得了晶体沿c轴、a轴方向的热膨胀系数,分析了它们随温度变化的规律以及晶体出现反常热膨胀的机制;计算出晶体的体热膨胀系数和各向异性因子,分析讨论了晶体非轴向热膨胀系数在不同温度下随cos2φ的变化规律.     

Formation of high-Sn content polycrystalline GeSn films by pulsed laser annealing on co-sputtered amorphous GeSn on Ge substrate

Polycrystalline Ge_(1-x)Sn_x(poly-Ge_(1-x)Sn_x) alloy thin films with high Sn content( 10%) were fabricated by cosputtering amorphous GeSn(a-GeSn) on Ge(100) wafers and subsequently pulsed laser annealing with laser energy density in the range of 250 mJ/cm~2 to 550 mJ/cm~2. High quality poly-crystal Ge_(0.90) Sn_(0.10) and Ge_(0.82) Sn_(0.18) films with average grain sizes of 94 nm and 54 nm were obtained, respectively. Sn segregation at the grain boundaries makes Sn content in the poly-GeSn alloys slightly less than that in the corresponding primary a-GeSn. The crystalline grain size is reduced with the increase of the laser energy density or higher Sn content in the primary a-GeSn films due to the booming of nucleation numbers. The Raman peak shift of Ge-Ge mode in the poly crystalline GeSn can be attributed to Sn substitution, strain,and disorder. The dependence of Raman peak shift of the Ge-Ge mode caused by strain and disorder in GeSn films on full-width at half-maximum(FWHM) is well quantified by a linear relationship, which provides an effective method to evaluate the quality of poly-Ge_(1-x)Sn_x by Raman spectra.     

Wet thermal annealing effect on TaN/HfO2/Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors with and without a GeO2 passivation layer

Wet thermal annealing effects on the properties of TaN/HfO2/Ge metal-oxide-semiconductor(MOS) structures with and without a GeO2 passivation layer are investigated.The physical and the electrical properties are characterized by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy,high-resolution transmission electron microscopy,capacitance-voltage(C-V) and current-voltage characteristics.It is demonstrated that wet thermal annealing at relatively higher temperature such as 550℃ can lead to Ge incorporation in HfO2 and the partial crystallization of HfO2,which should be responsible for the serious degradation of the electrical characteristics of the TaN/HfO2/Ge MOS capacitors.However,wet thermal annealing at 400℃ can decrease the GeO x interlayer thickness at the HfO2/Ge interface,resulting in a significant reduction of the interface states and a smaller effective oxide thickness,along with the introduction of a positive charge in the dielectrics due to the hydrolyzable property of GeO x in the wet ambient.The pre-growth of a thin GeO2 passivation layer can effectively suppress the interface states and improve the C-V characteristics for the as-prepared HfO2 gated Ge MOS capacitors,but it also dissembles the benefits of wet thermal annealing to a certain extent.     

α-萘甲醇衍生物的选择性氧化及手性联萘二酸的合成

α-萘甲醇衍生物与负载型氧化剂A(KMnO4/CuSO4.5H2O)反应,得到相应的醛(酮),产率68%~98%。光学纯的(S)-联萘二醇经A氧化制得光学纯的(S)-联萘二醛;醛经MnO2再次氧化合成了(S)-联萘二酸二甲酯;酯水解得到光学纯的(S)-联萘二酸。     

砷锗镉晶体的生长和变温霍尔效应研究

采用温度振荡法和改进的布里奇曼法进行了CdGeAs₂多晶合成与单晶生长,生长出ϕ28 mm×65 mm完整无开裂的CdGeAs₂单晶体。用金刚石外圆切割机切割出CdGeAs₂晶片,采用X射线衍射(XRD)和X射线能量色散谱仪(EDS)对合成的多晶粉末和切割出的晶片进行表征。结果表明,合成产物为单相四方黄铜矿结构的CdGeAs₂多晶,晶片的原子百分比接近于理想化学计量比。经傅里叶变换红外分光光度计测试发现,初生长的CdGeAs₂晶体在11.3 μm处的吸收系数为0.117 cm^-1,经过拟合计算得出禁带宽度为0.52 eV。通过变温(110~300 K)霍尔效应测试表明,CdGeAs₂晶体在110~300 K温度范围内都为p型导电,载流子浓度p_H和霍尔系数R_H随温度的升高分别升高和下降,而霍尔迁移率μ_H几乎不变。拟合计算出晶体中受主电离能E_A=0.305 eV,并进一步分析了生长晶体中可能存在的受主缺陷。     

Low-temperature plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of large area HfS_2 nanocrystal thin films

Hafnium disulfide(HfS2) is a promising two-dimensional material for scaling electronic devices due to its higher carrier mobility, in which the combination of two-dimensional materials with traditional semiconductors in the framework of CMOS-compatible technology is necessary. We reported on the deposition of HfS2 nanocrystals by remote plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition at low temperature using Hf(N(CH3)(C2H5))4 and H2S as the reaction precursors. Selflimiting reaction behavior was observed at the deposition temperatures ranging from 150℃ to 350℃, and the film thickness increased linearly with the growth cycles. The uniform HfS2 nanocrystal thin films were obtained with the size of nanocrystal grain up to 27 nm. It was demonstrated that higher deposition temperature could enlarge the grain size and improve the HfS2 crystallinity, while causing crystallization of the mixed HfO2 above 450℃. These results suggested that atomic layer deposition is a low-temperature route to synthesize high quality HfS2 nanocrystals for electronic device or electrochemical applications.     

Temperature of the Remaining Cold Atoms after Two-Step Photoionization in an ^87Rb Vapor Cell Magneto-Optical Trap

The temperature of the remaining cold ^87Rb atoms confined in a vapor cell magneto-optical trap after two-step photoionization has been measured. In the two-step photoionization process, the first excitation laser is served by the cooling laser and the second excitation laser is served by a continuous semiconductor laser with a wavelength of 450hm. The results show that the temperature of the remaining cold atoms decreases as the intensity of the second excitation laser increases. Moreover, the relationship between the temperature T and number N of the remaining cold atoms generally foliows a power law, while it deviates from the well-known T ∝ N^1/3 and the power factor is smaller than 1/3. We propose that ion-atom collisions occurring during a photoionization process strongly influence the temperature sealing law in an optiealiy dense magneto-optical trap in the presence of an ionization laser. In addition, the forced evaporative cooling due to the combined effect of the detuning of the first excitation laser and the two-step photoionization plays a role in cooling the remaining cold atoms and results in the dependence of the power factor on the detuning of the first excitation laser.     

CdSiP2单晶退火研究

以高纯(6N) Cd、Si、P单质为原料,采用双温区气相输运法和改进的垂直布里奇曼法合成生长出等径尺寸为φ17 mm×65 mm的CdSiP2单晶锭,经切割抛光得到CdSiP2晶片.将样品分别置于真空、镉气氛、磷气氛和在同成分粉末包裹中进行了退火试验.采用X射线能量色散谱仪(EDS)和傅里叶红外分光光度计(FTIR)对退火前后的晶片组分及红外透过谱进行了测试分析.结果表明:四种氛围退火前后样品的组分变化不大,原子比接近理想的化学计量比;镉气氛下退火对晶片的红外透过率改善较为显著,在1600 ～ 4500 cm-1范围内的红外透过率由46;～52;提高到51; ～57;,接近CdSiP2晶体红外透过率的理论值.