Instrumentation for Real-Time Information Extraction from RHEED and Correlation Using Scanning Probe Microscopy: Applications to Si-Nano-Electronics

Abstract

This project involved the procurement and installation of enhancements to Michigan Technological University's Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) facility. MBE is a thin film deposition technique that permits precise control of multiple element fluxes to a surface, permitting alloy layers as thin as one monolayer to be prepared under carefully controlled conditions of vacuum and temperature. Unlike most other thin film preparation techniques, the deposition conditions for MBE can be far from thermodynamic equilibrium, allowing surface processes to govern transport and reaction kinetics either during or subsequent to the deposition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA388422

Entities

People

  • D. J. Swenson
  • M. Krishnamurthy
  • T. J. Schulz

Organizations

  • Michigan Technological University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Electronics
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Films
  • High Energy
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Microscopy
  • Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Molecular Beams
  • Monomolecular Films
  • Optoelectronic Devices
  • Thin Films

Readers

  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene