scholarly journals Damage-Free Photo-Assisted Cryogenic Etching of GaN as Evidenced by Reduction of Yellow Luminescence

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (S1) ◽  
pp. 914-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Hsieh ◽  
J. M. Hwang ◽  
H. L. Hwang ◽  
W. H. Hung

Damage-free etching of GaN by Cl2, assisted by an ArF (193 nm) excimer laser, is demonstrated. At low temperatures, photo-assisted etching can provide a better etch rate and largely improve the surface morphology and quality. AFM results show that the etched GaN surface is obtained with a root-mean-square roughness of 1.7 nm. As compared with the photoluminescence spectra of photoelectrochemical wet etched GaN, the photo-assisted cryogenic etching is proved to be a damage-free dry etching technique.

1998 ◽  
Vol 537 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. Hsieh ◽  
J. M. Hwang ◽  
H. L. Hwang ◽  
W. H. Hung

AbstractDamage-free etching of GaN by Cl2, assisted by an ArF (193 nrm) excimer laser, is demonstrated. At low temperatures, photo-assisted etching can provide a better etch rate and largely improve the surface morphology and quality. AFM results show that the etched GaN surface is obtained with a root-mean-square roughness of 1.7 nm. As compared with the photoluminescence spectra of photoelectrochemical wet etched GaN, the photo-assisted cryogenic etching is proved to be a damage-free dry etching technique.


1996 ◽  
Vol 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Ren ◽  
J. M. Grow ◽  
M. Bhaskaran ◽  
J. W. Lee ◽  
C. B. Vartuli ◽  
...  

AbstractEtching of β-SiC with electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) system was investigated. Anisotropic and smooth etching of SiC was demonstrated with SF6/O2 based discharges. The root-mean-square roughness increases from 35 nm to 56 nm for as deposit and etched sample, respectively. The addition of small amount oxygen enhanced the etch rate of SiC slightly, but further increase of oxygen content reduced the etch rate which resulted from dilution of F ion and free radical densities. NF3/O2 based discharges also showed same trends and produced anisotropicly etching. However, the smoothness is not as good as SF6/O2 based discharges.


2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (3s) ◽  
pp. 148-153
Author(s):  
С.Д. Федотов ◽  
А.В. Бабаев ◽  
В.Н. Стаценко ◽  
К.А. Царик ◽  
В.К. Неволин

Представлены результаты изучения морфологии поверхности и структуры слоев AlN, сформированных аммиачной МЛЭ на темплейтах 3C-SiC/Si(111) on-axis- и 4° off-axis-разориентации. Опробован технологический режим низкотемпературной эпитаксии зародышевого слоя AlN на поверхности 3C-SiC(111). Среднеквадратичная шероховатость поверхности (5 х 5 мкм) слоев AlN толщиной 150 ± 50 нм составила 2,5-3,5 нм на темплейтах 3C-SiC/Si(111) on-axis и 3,3-3,5 нм на 4° off-axis. Показано уменьшение шероховатости смачивающего слоя AlN при изменении скорости роста. Получены монокристаллические слои AlN(0002) со значениями FWHM (ω-геометрия) 1,4-1,6°. The paper presents the surface morphology and crystal structure of AlN layers formed by ammonia MBE on 3C-SiC/Si(111) on-axis and 4° off-axis disorientation. It offers the technological approach of low-temperature epitaxy of the AlN nucleation layer on the 3C-SiC (111) surface. Root mean square roughness (5 х 5 |xm) of AlN layers with thickness of 150 ± 50 nm was 2,5-3,5 nm onto on-axis templates and 3.3-3.5 nm onto 4° off-axis. It appears that the RMS roughness of the AlN surface is changing with the growth rate variation. Single-crystal AlN(0002) layers with FWHM values (ω-geometry) of 1.4-1.6° have been obtained.


1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 2315-2323 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Rasigni ◽  
F. Varnier ◽  
M. Rasigni ◽  
J. P. Palmari ◽  
A. Llebaria

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. James Stemp ◽  
Ben E. Childs ◽  
Samuel Vionnet ◽  
Christopher A. Brown

2019 ◽  
Vol 862 ◽  
pp. 781-815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kuwata ◽  
Y. Kawaguchi

Lattice Boltzmann direct numerical simulation of turbulent open-channel flows over randomly distributed hemispheres at $Re_{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}}=600$ is carried out to reveal the influence of roughness parameters related to a probability density function of rough-surface elevation on turbulence by analysing the spatial and Reynolds- (double-) averaged Navier–Stokes equation. This study specifically concentrates on the influence of the root-mean-square roughness and the skewness, and profiles of turbulence statistics are compared by introducing an effective wall-normal distance defined as a wall-normal integrated plane porosity. The effective distance can completely collapse the total shear stress outside the roughness sublayer, and thus the similarity of the streamwise mean velocity is clearer by introducing the effective distance. In order to examine the influence of the root-mean-square roughness and the skewness on dynamical effects that contribute to an increase in the skin friction coefficient, the triple-integrated double-averaged Navier–Stokes equation is analysed. The main contributors to the skin friction coefficient are found to be turbulence and drag force. The turbulence contribution increases with the root-mean-square roughness and/or the skewness. The drag force contribution, on the other hand, increases in particular with the root-mean-square roughness whereas an increase in the skewness does not increase the drag force contribution because it does not necessarily increase the surface area of the roughness elements. The contribution of the mean velocity dispersion induced by spatial inhomogeneity of the rough surfaces substantially increases with the root-mean-square roughness. A linear correlation is confirmed between the root-mean-square roughness and the equivalent roughness while the equivalent roughness monotonically increases with the skewness. A new correlation function based on the root-mean-square roughness and the skewness is developed with the available experimental and direct numerical simulation data, and it is confirmed that the developed correlation reasonably predicts the equivalent roughness of various types of real rough surfaces.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weisheng Yang ◽  
Liang Jiao ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Hongqi Dai

Traditionally, inorganic nanoparticles (SiO2, TiO2) have been utilized to tune the optical haze of optoelectronic devices. However, restricted to complex and costly processes for incorporating these nanoparticles, a simple and low-cost approach becomes particularly important. In this work, a simple, effective, and low-cost method was proposed to improve optical haze of transparent cellulose nanofibril films by directly depositing micro-sized 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO)-oxidized wood fibers (“coating” method). The obtained films had a high total transmittance of 85% and a high haze of 62%. The film samples also showed a high tensile strength of 80 MPa and excellent thermal stability. Dual sides of the obtained films had different microstructures: one side was extremely smooth (root-mean-square roughness of 6.25 nm), and the other was extremely rough (root-mean-square roughness of 918 nm). As a reference, micro-sized TEMPO-oxidized wood fibers and cellulose nanofibrils were mixed to form a transparent and hazy film (“blending” method). These results show that hazy transparent films prepared using the “coating” method exhibit superior application performances than films prepared using the “blending” method.


2010 ◽  
Vol 663-665 ◽  
pp. 1159-1162
Author(s):  
Ning Yu Zhang ◽  
Qing Song Huo ◽  
Li Xin Han ◽  
Gang Fu ◽  
Jun Qing Zhao ◽  
...  

A method for characterizing the morphology property of ZnO film surface with Gaussian correlation is investigated. The parameters of root-mean-square roughness w and lateral correlation lengthξare introduced in Gaussian model to describe the correlation properties of the random film surfaces. In the experimental performance, ZnO thin films are grown on quartz glass and silicon substrates by the reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputtering method under different deposition pressure. The surface morphologies of the film surface are scanned by an atomic force microscopy. The height auto-correlation functions and root-mean-square roughness are obtained by using the numerical calculus method. Carried on the fitting with the Gaussian function to the height auto-correlation function data, the lateral correlation lengths are extracted to describe the statistical properties of ZnO thin film in mathematics with other parameters.


Author(s):  
Олег Васильевич Девицкий

Методом импульсного лазерного напыления в атмосфере аргоно-азотной газовой смеси из мишени InGaAs впервые были получены тонкие пленки InGaAsN на подложках GaAs и Si. Мишень lnGaAs формировалась методом одноосного прессования из порошков GaAs и lnAs. Методами атомно силовой микроскопии и рентгеновской дифракции исследованы морфология поверхности и структура данных тонких пленок. Показано, что пленки InGaAsN на Si имеют средний размер кристалла 0,93 нм, а пленки и InGaAsN на GaAs - 0,99 нм. Определено, что уменьшение давления аргоно-азотной смеси при импульсном лазерном напылении тонких пленок InGaAsN на подложках GaAs и Si приводит к снижению значения среднеквадратичной шероховатости поверхности. Наименьшую среднеквадратическую шероховатость равную 0,25 нм имела тонкая пленка InGaAsN на подложке GaAs, полученная в вакууме, наибольшую среднеквадратическую шероховатость имела тонкая пленка InGaAsN на подложке Si, полученная при давления аргоно-азотной смеси от 10 Па - 19,37 нм. By the method of pulsed laser deposition in atmosphere of an argon-nitrogen gas mixture, for the first time thin InGaAsN films on GaAs and Si substrates were obtained from the InGaAs target. The InGaAs target was formed by uniaxial pressing from GaAs and InAs powders. The surface morphology and structure of these thin films are studied by atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction. It is shown that InGaAsN films on Si have an average crystal size of 0,93 nm, and InGaAsN films on GaAs of 0,99 nm. It is determined that a decrease in the pressure of an argon-nitrogen mixture during pulsed laser deposition of thin InGaAsN films on GaAs and Si substrates leads to a decrease in the value of the root- mean-square roughness of the surface. The smallest root-mean-square roughness equal to 0,25 nm had a thin InGaAsN film on a GaAs substrate obtained in vacuum, the largest root-mean- square roughness of 19,37 nm had a thin InGaAsN film on a Si substrate obtained at the argon-nitrogen mixture pressure of 10 Pa -.


2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsunori Tomota ◽  
Mamoru Tohyama ◽  
Kazuyuki Yagi

AbstractIn this study, we developed and practiced colorimetric optical interferometry for the direct observation of contact states to clarify contact phenomena. We theoretically demonstrated that the effect of roughness diffuse reflection could be neglected using interferometric light intensity according to the relationship between the optical film thickness and hue. Then, we measured the static contact surfaces of spherical test pieces of different root mean square roughnesses. Results indicate that the nominal contact area is significantly larger than that obtained from the Hertzian theory of smooth contact as the surface roughness increases. The contact film thickness on the nominal contact area increases almost in proportion to the root mean square roughness. Our experiment supports the validity of the contact theory and contact simulation with very small roughnesses, which have been difficult to verify experimentally. The advantage of this measurement is that it can simultaneously capture the macroscopic contact area and microscopic film thickness distribution, which is expected to further expand the range of application.


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