• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.50-51
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.212-215
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• 2010

Spin polarized tunneling studies were carried out with Al-Ga bilayer as a spin detector, by Meservey-Tedrow technique. The superconductor (SC)/Insulator (I)/Ferromagnet (FM) tunnel junctions were provided by ultra high vacuum molecular beam epitaxy (UHV-MBE) technique. The analysis of interfacial properties in the Al-Ga bilayer was also carried out by Auger electron spectroscopy. It was observed that the superconducting transition temperature and energy gap were raised in comparison with that of bulk Ga and pure ultrathin Al films. Current studies clearly show how one can modify the material properties at the interface just with a few monolayers.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.257-261
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• 2015

We report on GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs) that can cover the spectral range of $3.6-25{\mu}m$. One advantage of the GaAs QWIPs is the wavelength tenability as a function of their structural parameters. We have performed a systematic calculation on the detection wavelength of a typical $GaAs/Al_xGa_{1-x}As$ multi-quantum-well photodetector, with the aluminum mole fraction (x) of $Al_xGa_{1-x}As$ barrier in the range of 0.15-0.43 and the quantum-well width range from 30 to 60 $60{\AA}$. Design and fabrication of a QWIP based on $GaAs/Al_{0.23}Ga_{0.77}As$ structure with $37{\AA}$-thick well width has been carried out. The calculated operation wavelength of the QWIP is in a good agreement with the experimental data taken by photo response and activation energy calculation from thermal quenching of integrated photoluminescence.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.192-193
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• 2002

In this paper we investigate the phase modulation efficiency in the electrooptic phase modulator using PPpinNN GaAs/AlGaAs W-type waveguide. The phase change is affected by the refractive index change taking place inside the depletion region. The behavior of the modulator can be understood in terms of two electric field-related and two carrier-related effects linear electrooptic, quadratic electrooptic, plasma, and bandgap shift. As a result, the phase modulation efficiency was measured about 34.6($^{\circ}$/V$.$mm) for the TE polarized light. The quadratic electrooptic coefficient R 5.82${\times}$10$\^$-15/($\textrm{cm}^2$/V$^2$) is Obtained ant the Phase efficiency Caused by the quadratic electrooptic effect is about 10 times larger than that from the conventional linear electrooptic effect.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.1027-1031
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• 2001

A new constant growth technique to conserve an initial grating height of V-groove AlGaAs/InGaAs quantum nanostructures above 1.0 $\mu\textrm{m}$ thickness has been successfully embodied on submicron gratings using low pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. A GaAs buffer prior to an AlGaAs barrier layer on submicron gratings plays an important role in overcoming mass transport effects and improving the uniformity of gratings. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image shows that high-density V-groove InGaAs quantum wires (QWRs) are well confined at the bottom of gratings. The photoluminescence (PL) peak of the InGaAs QWRs is observed in the temperature range from 10 to 280 K with a relatively narrow full width at half maximum less than 40 meV at room temperature PL. The constant growth technique is an important step to realize complex optoelectronic devices such as one-step grown distributed feedback lasers and two-dimensional photonic crystal.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.67-67
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• 2011

Pulsed DC $BCl_3/SF_6$ 플라즈마를 사용하여 GaAs와 AlGaAs의 건식 식각을 연구하였다. 식각 공정 변수는 가스 유량 (50~100 % $BCl_3$ in $BCl_3/SF_6$), 펄스 파워 (450~600 V), 펄스 주파수 (100~250 KHz), 리버스 시간 (0.4~1.2 ${\mu}s$)이었다. 식각 공정 후 표면 단차 측정기 (Surface profiler)를 사용하여 표면의 단차와 거칠기를 분석하였다. 그 결과를 이용하여 식각률 (Etch rate), 표면거칠기 (Surface roughness), 식각 선택비 (Selectivity)와 같은 특성 평가를 하였다. 실험 후 주사 현미경 (FE-SEM, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy)을 이용, 식각 후 시료의 단면과 표면을 관찰하였다. 실험 결과에 의하면 1) 18 sccm $BCl_3$ / 2 sccm $SF_6$, 500 V (Pulsed DC voltage), 0.7 ${\mu}s$ (Reverse time), 200 KHz (Pulsed DC frequency), 공정 압력이 100 mTorr인 조건에서 GaAs와 Al0.2Ga0.8As의 식각 선택비가 약 48:1로 우수한 결과를 나타내었다. 2) 펄스 파워 (Pulsed DC voltage), 리버스 시간(Reverse time), 펄스 주파수(Pulsed DC frequency)의 증가에 따라 각각 500~550 V, 0.7~1.0 ${\mu}s$, 그리고 200~250 KHz 구간에서 AlGaAs에 대한 GaAs의 선택비가 감소하게 되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이는 척 (chuck)에 인가되는 전류와 파워를 증가시키고, 따라서 GaAs의 식각률이 크게 증가했지만 AlGaAs 또한 식각률이 증가하게 되면서 GaAs에 대한 식각 선택비가 감소한 것으로 생각된다. 3) 표면 단차 측정기와 주사전자현미경 사진 결과에서는 GaAs의 경우 10% $SF_6$ (18 sccm $BCl_3$ / 2 sccm $SF_6$)가 혼합된 조건에서 상당히 매끈한 표면 (RMS roughness < 1.0 nm)과 높은 식각률 (~0.35 ${\mu}m$/min), 수직의 식각 측벽 확보에서 매우 좋은 결과를 보여주었다. 또한 같은 공정 조건에서 AlGaAs는 식각이 거의 되지 않은 결과 (~0.03 ${\mu}m$/min)를 보여주었다. 위의 결과들을 종합해 볼 때 Pulsed DC $BCl_3/SF_6$ 플라즈마는 GaAs와 AlGaAs의 선택적 식각 공정에서 매우 우수한 공정 결과를 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.168-168
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• 2010

InAs는 0.35eV의 낮은 밴드갭을 가지며 상온에서 약 $30,000cm^2/Vs$의 높은 전자이동도를 보여, GaAs/AlGaAs 및 InGaAs/InP 2DEG HEMT에 이은 차세대 초고속 전자소자의 2DEG용 물질로 각광을 받고 있다. 그러나 InAs의 격자상수는 약 0.61nm로 이에 적절한 반절연기판을 구할수 없어, GaAs상에 Al(Ga)Sb를 이용하여 성장하는 방법으로 2DEG을 실현하고 있다. 상기 방법으로 상온에서 ${\sim}30,000cm^2/Vs$ 전자이동도를 보이는 InAs/AlSb 2DEG HEMT 소자를 여러 연구팀에서 시현하였으나, 실제적으로 응용하기 위해서 etch-stop층 또는 contact층의 제작이 용이치 않아 실제의 회로구현에는 어려움을 격고 있다. 이에 InGaAs/InP 2DEG내에 InAs를 넣어 InAs 2DEG을 제작하는 방법이 NTT[1]에 의해 제안되어, SPINTRONICS등의 InAs 2DEG이 필요한 곳에 응용되고 있다. [2] 본 발표에서는 고품질의 InAs 2DEG을 실현하기 위해, 다양한 성장 변수 (온도, As 분압, 성장 시퀀스, InAs층의 두께등)와 2DEG의 전기적특성간의 관계를 발표한다. 최종적으로 상온전자이동도 ${\sim}12,000cm^2/Vs$의 InAs 2DEG을 제작할수 있었으며, 이를 다양한 전자소자에 차후 응용할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.295-298
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• 1999

AlGaAs/InGaAs power P-HEMTS (Pseudo-morphic High Electron Mobility Transistors) with 1.0-${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ gate length for PCS applications have been fabricated. We adopted single heterojunction P-HEMT structure with two Si-delta doped layer to obtain higher current density. It exhibits a maximum current density of 512㎃/mm, an extrinsic transconductance of 259mS/mm, and a gate to drain breakdown voltage of 12.0V, respectively. The device exhibits a power density of 657㎽/mm, a maximum power added efficiency of 42.1%, a linear power gain of 9.85㏈ respectively at a drain bias of 6.0V, gate bias of 0.6V and an operation frequency of 1.765㎓.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.342-343
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• 2013

AlSb is a promising material for optical devices, particularly for high-frequency and nonlinear-optical applications. And AlSb offers significant potential for devices such as quantum-well lasers, laser diodes, and heterojunction bipolar transistors. In this work we study molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of an unstrained AISb film on a GaAs substrate and identify the real-time monitoring capabilities of in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). The samples were fabricated on semi-insulating (0 0 1) GaAs substrates using MBE system. A rotating sample stage ensured uniform film growth. The substrate was first heated to $620^{\circ}C$ under As2 to remove surface oxides. A GaAs buffer layer approximately 200 nm- thick was then grown at $580^{\circ}C$. During the temperature changing process from $580^{\circ}C$ to $530^{\circ}C$, As2 flux is maintained with the shutter for Ga being closed and the reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) pattern remaining at ($2{\times}4$). Upon reaching the preset temperature of $530^{\circ}C$, As shutter was promptly closed with Sb shutter open, resulting in the change of RHEED pattern from ($2{\times}4$) to ($1{\times}3$). This was followed by the growth of AlSb while using a rotating-compensator SE with a charge-coupled-device (CCD) detector to obtain real-time SE spectra from 0.74 to 6.48 eV. Fig. 1 shows the real time measured SE spectra of AlSb on GaAs in growth process. In the Fig. 1 (a), a change of ellipsometric parameter ${\Delta}$ is observed. The ${\Delta}$ is the parameter which contains thickness information of the sample, and it changes in a periodic from 0 to 180o with growth. The significant change of ${\Delta}$ at~0.4 min means that the growth of AlSb on GaAs has been started. Fig. 1b shows the changes of dielectric function with time over the range 0.74~6.48 eV. These changes mean phase transition from pseudodielectric function of GaAs to AlSb at~0.44 min. Fig. 2 shows the observed RHEED patterns in the growth process. The observed RHEED pattern of GaAs is ($2{\times}4$), and the pattern changes into ($1{\times}3$) with starting the growth of AlSb. This means that the RHEED pattern is in agreement with the result of SE measurements. These data show the importance and sensitivity of SE for real-time monitoring for materials growth by MBE. We performed the real-time monitoring of AlSb growth by using SE measurements, and it is good agreement with the results of RHEED pattern. This fact proves the importance and the sensitivity of SE technique for the real-time monitoring of film growth by using ellipsometry. We believe that these results will be useful in a number of contexts including more accurate optical properties for high speed device engineering.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.468-472
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• 1997

The effect of the surface state on the quantum efficiency of underlying GaAs/AlGaAs multi-quantum well(MQW) structures consisting of three GaAs quantum wells with different thickness, is studied by low temperature photoluminescence(PL). The structure was grown by molecular beam epitaxy(MBE) on (100) GaAs substrate. The thickness of three GaAs quantum wells was 3, 6 and 9 nm, respectively. The MQWs were placed apart from 50 nm AlGaAs edge-barriers including two inner-barriers with 15 nm in thickness. The samples used in this study were prepared with different growth temperatures. Particularly, the hydrogen passivation effect to the 9 nm quantum well located at near surface appeared much stronger than any others. Transition energy and optical gain related to the hydrogen passivation effects on the multi-quantum well structure was calculated by transfer matrix method.