Characterization of nanometer scale titanium film oxidation lines and MIM tunneling junction structures

Author(s):  
Liu Qinggang ◽  
Chen Qing ◽  
Li Suoyin ◽  
He Botao ◽  
Hu Xiaotang
Author(s):  
Qinggang Liu ◽  
Qing Chen ◽  
Chaoyan Zhang ◽  
Sen Qi ◽  
Botao He ◽  
...  

In order to illustrate the effect of the TiOx wires’ characters on the tunneling phenomenon in room temperature and to determine the narrowest TiOx wire as well as its forming conditions which cannot lead to the breakdown of the tunneling junction, the fabrication and tunneling mechanism are analyzed. The TiOx wires with different widths are fabricated by changing the ambient humidity and keeping the scanning speed, oxygen concentration and applied voltage at the same value. The I-V characteristics of tunneling junctions with different width are measured. The results indicate that the narrowest TiOx wire with line width about 16nm can be fabricated between two electrodes of the ultra fast photoconductive switch when the voltage between two electrodes is 6V, which cannot leads to the breakdown of the tunneling junction. It is also found that at room temperature, I-V characteristics of tunneling junctions between two electrodes follows exponential dependence evidently.


2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. Alcusa-Sáez ◽  
A. Díez ◽  
M. González-Herráez ◽  
M. V. Andrés

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1315
Author(s):  
Davide F. Grossi ◽  
Sebastian Koelling ◽  
Pavel A. Yunin ◽  
Paul M. Koenraad ◽  
Grigory V. Klimko ◽  
...  

The distribution of magnetic impurities (Mn) across a GaAs/Zn(Mn)Se heterovalent interface is investigated combining three experimental techniques: Cross-Section Scanning Tunnel Microscopy (X-STM), Atom Probe Tomography (APT), and Secondary Ions Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS). This unique combination allowed us to probe the Mn distribution with excellent sensitivity and sub-nanometer resolution. Our results show that the diffusion of Mn impurities in GaAs is strongly suppressed; conversely, Mn atoms are subject to a substantial redistribution in the ZnSe layer, which is affected by the growth conditions and the presence of an annealing step. These results show that it is possible to fabricate a sharp interface between a magnetic semiconductor (Zn(Mn)Se) and high quality GaAs, with low dopant concentration and good optical properties.


2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1259-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Tranchida ◽  
Stefano Piccarolo ◽  
Joachim Loos ◽  
Alexander Alexeev

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