Research on Silicon, Carbon, and Silicon Carbide Heterostructures

Abstract

This report describes the accomplishments on this program in obtaining an understanding of the deposition of Group IV thin films by the remote plasma chemical deposition process (RPCVD). We characterized the deposition process by emission spectroscopy and excited state absorption of resonance radiation by metastable states. We deposited and characterized amorphous Si, C, SiC, and heterostructures of Si and SiC. We related the properties of the deposited films to the process parameters. UHV surface chemistry techniques were developed and applied to the study of fundamental deposition processes. A UHV cryogenic cathodoluminescence facility was developed and used to study crystalline diamond and RPCVD-deposited materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 1990
Accession Number
ADA231943

Entities

People

  • C. C. Cheng
  • H. Gutleben
  • John Yates
  • W. D. Partlow
  • W. J. Choyke

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Carbides
  • Cathodoluminescence
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Chemistry
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Films
  • Heterojunctions
  • High Vacuum
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Surface Chemistry

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.