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Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations for Defects Diffusion in Ion-implanted Crystalline

  • Jihyun Seo;Hwang, Ok-Chi;Ohseob Kwon;Kim, Kidong;Taeyoung Won
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2003.07b
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    • pp.731-734
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    • 2003
  • An atomistic process modeling, Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation, has the advantage of being both conceptually simple and extremely powerful. Instead of diffusion equations, it is based on the definitions of the interactions between individual atoms and defects. Those interactions can be derived either directly from molecular dynamics, first principles calculations, or from experiment. In this paper, as a simple illustration of the kinetic Monte Carlo we simulate defects (self-interstitials and vacancies) diffusion after ion implantation in Si crystalline.

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Correlation between pit formation and phase separation in thick InGaN film on a Si substrate

  • Woo, Hyeonseok;Jo, Yongcheol;Kim, Jongmin;Cho, Sangeun;Roh, Cheong Hyun;Lee, Jun Ho;Kim, Hyungsang;Hahn, Cheol-Koo;Im, Hyunsik
    • Current Applied Physics
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.1558-1563
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    • 2018
  • We demonstrate improved surface pit and phase separation in thick InGaN grown on a GaN/Si (111) substrate, using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy with an indium modulation technique. The formation of surface pit and compositional inhomogeneity in the InGaN epilayer are investigated using atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and temperature-dependent photoluminescence. Indium elemental mapping directly reveals that poor compositional homogeneity occurs near the pits. The indium-modulation epitaxy of InGaN minimizes the surface indium segregation, leading to the reduction in pit density and size. The phase separation in InGaN with a higher pit density is significantly suppressed, suggesting that the pit formation and the phase separation are correlated. We propose an indium migration model for the correlation between surface pit and phase separation in InGaN.

RF Dispersion and Linearity Characteristics of AlGaN/InGaN/GaN HEMTs (AlGaN/InGaN/GaN HEMTs의 RF Dispersion과 선형성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Uk
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.41 no.11
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 2004
  • This paper reports the RF dispersion and linearity characteristics of unpassivated AlGaN/InGaN/GaN high electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The devices with a 0.5 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ gate-length exhibited relatively good DC characteristics with a maximum drain current of 730 mA/mm and a peak g$_{m}$ of 156 mS/mm. Highly linear characteristic was observed by relatively flat DC transconductance (g$_{m}$) and good inter-modulation distortion characteristics, which indicates tight channel carrier confinement of the InGaN channel. Little current collapse in pulse I-V and load-pull measurements was observed at elevated temperatures and a relatively high power density of 1.8 W/mm was obtained at 2 GHz. These results indicate that current collapse related with surface states will not be a power limiting factor for the AlGaN/InGaN HEMTs.

Structural and Optical Properties of Self-assembled InAs/InAl(Ga)Ae Quantum Dots on InP (InP 기판에 성장한 자발형성 InAs/InAl(Ga)As 양자점의 구조 및 광학적 특성)

  • Kim Jin-Soo;Lee Jin-Hong;Hong Sung-Ui;Kwack Ho-Sang;Choi Byung-Seok;Oh Dae-Kon
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.194-200
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    • 2006
  • Self-assembled InAs/InAl(Ga)As quantum dots (QDs) were grown on InP substrates by a molecular-beam epiaxy, and their structural and optical properties were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and room-temperature photoluminescence (PL). AFM images indicated that the InAs quantum structures showed various shapes such as quantum dashes, asymmetric and symmetric QDs mainly caused by the initial surface conditions of InAl(Ga)As with the intrinsic phase separation. For the buried InAs QDs in an InAlGaAs matrix, the average lateral size and height of QDs were 23 and 2 nm, respectively. By changing the growth conditions for the QD samples, the emission wavelength of $1.55{\mu}m$ was obtained, which is one of the wavelength windows for fiber optic communications.

Structural and Optical Characteristics of InAs/InAlGaAs Quantum Dots Grown on InP/InGaAs/InP Distributed Feedback Grating Structure (InP/InGaAs/InP 분포귀환형 회절격자 위에 성장된 InAs/InAlGaAs 양자점의 구조적.광학적 특성)

  • Kwack, H.S.;Kim, J.S.;Lee, J.H.;Hong, S.U.;Choi, B.S.;Oh, D.K.;Cho, Y.H.
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.294-300
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    • 2006
  • We fabricated the distributed feedback (DFB) InP/InGaAs/InP grating structures on InP (100) substrates by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, and their structural properties were investigated by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Self-assembled InAs/InAlGaAs quantum dots (QDs) were grown on the InP/InGaAs/InP grating structures by molecular beam epitaxy, and their optical properties were compared with InAs/InAlGaAs QDs without grating structure. The duty of the grating structures was about 30%. The PL peak position of InAs/InAlGaAs QDs grown on the grating structure was 1605 nm, which was red-shifted by 18 nm from that of the InAs/InAlGaAs QDs without grating structure. This indicates that the formation of InAs/InAlGaAs QDs was affected by the existence of the DFB grating structures.

Review on Molecular Simulation of Graphene from a Tribological Perspective (트라이볼로지 관점에서의 그래핀 분자시뮬레이션 연구동향)

  • Kim, Hyun-Joon;Chung, Koo-Hyun
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 2020
  • Recently, graphene has attracted considerable attention owing to its unique electrical, optical, thermal, and mechanical properties. The broad spectrum of applications from optics, sensors, and electronics to biodevice have been proposed based on these properties. In particular, graphene has been proposed as a protective coating layer and solid lubricant for microdevices and nanodevices because of its high mechanical strength, chemical inertness, and low friction characteristics. During the past decade, extensive efforts have been made to explore the tribological characteristics of graphene under various conditions and to expand its applicability. In addition to the experimental approaches, the molecular simulations performed provide fundamental insights into the friction and wear characteristics of graphene resulting from molecular interactions. This work is a review of the studies conducted over the past decade on the tribological characteristics of graphene using molecular simulation. These studies demonstrate the principal mechanisms of the superlubricity of graphene and help clarify the influences of surface conditions on tribological behavior. In particular, the investigation of the effects of the number of layers, strength of adhesion to the substrate, surface roughness, and commensurability provides deeper insights into the tribological characteristics of graphene. These fundamental understandings can help elucidate the feasibility of graphene as a protective coating layer and solid lubricant for microdevices and nanodevices.