X-Ray Standing Wave Studies of Adsorption Geometries at Selected Metal III-V Semiconductor Surfaces.

Abstract

The research under the ONR contract N000l4-92-J-1280 resulted in 19 papers published in refereed journals and addressed several issues. The main results of these studies will be briefly summarized below. More details can be found in original publications enclosed at the end of this document. Additionally, one PhD thesis resulted solely and one in part from research of this proposal. The main challenge of this proposal was to apply X-ray standing wave (XSW) technique to study atomic structure of several ordered interfaces. The novel approach adopted in this study was to apply photoelectron detection scheme which allowed us to enhance surface sensitivity of the XSW technique. Additionally, we applied a back reflection configuration to de-emphasize stringent structural requirements put by the technique on the perfection of the substrates. Prior to this proposal XSW technique has been almost exclusively used to study overlayers on Si. The better understood Si and Ge structures has been also studied in our program to test some our approaches. However, most of the research has been performed on more complex III-V and II-VI compound semiconductor surfaces and interfaces. More recently, as a result of the pilot research of this proposal, we were able to study even more complex synthetic material and real minerals. Below we outline some specific areas of research performed under this proposal. jg p.2

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 14, 1995
Accession Number
ADA297593

Entities

People

  • William E. Spicer

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Atomic Structure
  • Atoms
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Complex Systems
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Diffraction
  • Geometry
  • High Resolution
  • Materials
  • Monomolecular Films
  • Photoelectric Emission
  • Semiconductors
  • Standing Waves
  • Synthetic Materials
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene