Vol. 9 (1999)
December, 1999.
Edited by: M. Meléndez Lira, Máximo López López
Foreword
Interfacial reactions of Ti/ and Zr/Si1-xGex/Si contacts with rapid thermal annealing 1
Yukio Yasuda, Osamu Nakatsuka, Shigeaki Zaima
Preparation and optical properties of Ge and C-induced Ge quantum dots on Si 7
K. Eberl, and O. G. Schmidt, O. Kienzle and F. Ernst.
In situ electron-beam processing for III-V semiconductor nanostructure fabrication 12
Tomonori Ishikawa, Shigeru Kohmoto, Tetsuya Nishimura, Kiyoshi Asakawa
Application of synchrotron radiation to TXRF analysis of metal contamination on silicon wafer surfaces 17
P. Pianetta, K. Baur, S. Brennan, D. Werho, J. Wang
Monitoring of the MBE growth processes of CdTe on InSb by laser light scattering 22
J. Huerta, M.López and O. Zelaya. Angel
Influences of nitridation and thermal annealing on GaN buffer layers and the property of subsequent GaN epilayers grown by MOCVD 26
Dong-Sing Wuu , Wei-Hao Tseng, Wei-Tsung Lin, Ray-Hua Horng
Ion beam irradiation of thin CaF2 films: A study of lithographic properties 30
A. Ramírez, A. Zehe, A. Thomas
Image Analysis of Semicontinuous Metal Films 32
J. Boldyš and R. Hrach
Growth mode variations of thin films on nano-faceted substrates 37
K. Mae and T. Honda
MCT Epitaxial Films: Discrete Solution of a non linear Diffusion Problem Numerical Stability Study 41
E. Moyano A. Scarpettini, U.Gilabert, A. B. Trigubó
Intergranular coulomb blockade in thin films of magnetoresistive manganites 44
M. García-Hernández, A. de Andrés, J. L. Martínez, C. Prieto, A Muñoz and L. Vazquez
Linear electro-optic reflectance modulated spectra of GaAs (001) around E1 and E1+D1transitions 48
A. Lastras-Martínez, R.E. Balderas-Navarro, L.F. Lastras-Martínez
Preparation of reactive magnetron sputtered SiC films by RF-RMS technique 52
A. Mahmood, S. Muhl, L. Enrique Sansores, E. Andrade
Optical properties, infrared spectroscopy and photoluminescence at low temperature of LPCVD silicon oxynitride thin films 56
Arturo Morales-Acevedo, Jesús Carrillo-López, Mariano Aceves, Wilfrido Calleja-Arriaga, Elvia Díaz-Valdés, Gerardo Contreras and Concepción Mejía-García
Ultraviolet graded coatings: a comparison of different surface performance 59
Angela Piegari, Maria Rita Perrone, Maria Lucia Protopapa
The growth, structure and optical properties of CsI-PbI2 co-evaporated thin films 62
F. Somma, M. Nikl, K. Nitsch, C. Giampaolo, A.R. Phani, S. Santucci
Transparent conducting zinc-co-doped ITO films prepared by magnetron sputtering 65
Tadatsugu Minami, Takashi Yamamoto, Hidenobu Toda and Toshihiro Miyata
Manganese-activated gallium oxide EL phosphor thin films prepared using various deposition methods 70
Toshihiro Miyata, Toshikuni Nakatani and Tadatsugu Minami
Photoluminescence properties of Al2O3:Eu thin films deposited by Spray Pyrolysis 74
A. E. Esparza García, M. García, C. Falcony
The C-V investigation of light-related properties of porous silicon/crystalline silicon structure 78
E. Pincík, M. Jergel, J.Bartoš, C. Falcony M. Kucera
Growth of AlN Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition 82
Reynaldo Martínez Guerrero and J. Roberto Vargas García
Organically modified sol-gel films doped with infrared dyes: an optical investigation 85
P. Prosposito, M. Casalboni and F. De Matteis, R. Pizzoferrato
Optical constants determination in thin films lead-free vitreous coatings 89
O.Paredes, C. Córdoba, J. Benavides
The formation of CdTe thin films by the stacked elemental layer method 92
L.R. Cruz, R.R. de Avillez
Spectroscopic ellipsometry of SixGe1-x/Si: a tool for composition and profile analysis in strained heterostructure used in the microelectronics industry 96
F. Ferrieu, P. Ribot and J. L. Regolini.
Antimony chalcogenide thin films: chemical bath deposition and formation of new materials by post deposition thermal processing 100
Y. Rodríguez-Lazcano, L. Guerrero, O.Gomez Daza, M. T. S. Nair, and P. K. Nair
Mechanical properties of boron nitride thin films obtained by rf-pecvd at low temperatures 104
J. Vilcarromero, M.N.P. Carreno and I. Pereyra
Formation of Electrical Conductive Hard-Carbon (DLC) Films Using i-C4H10/N2Supermagnetron Plasma 108
Haruhisa Kinoshita, Jun Takahashi, Takuya Hando
Effects of the methane content on the characteristics of diamond like carbon films produced by sputtering 111
R.D.Mansano, M. Massi, P.Verdonck, P.M. Nogueira, L.S. Zambom, H.S.Maciel, C.Otani
Bias enhanced nucleation process of polycrystalline diamond films. 115
M.M. García, O. Sánchez, C. Gómez-Aleixandre and J.M. Albella
P-type doping in a-Si1-xCx:H obtained by PECVD 119
M.N.P. Carreño and I. Pereyra
Electron evaporation of carbon using a high density plasma. 123
S. Muhl, E. Camps, L. Escobar-Alarcón, O. Olea
Properties of DLC and CNx PECVD coatings 128
F. Cerny , J. Gurovic, J. Smolik, J. Macl, Z. Bryknar, V. Hnatowicz.
Study of argon/oxygen plasma used for creation of aluminium oxide thin films 131
Jaroslav Pavlík, Rudolf Hrach, Pavel Hedbávný, Petr Štovícek
Photoinduced chain fragment ordering in GdBa2Cu3Ox thin films 135
S. O. Valenzuela, A. Faintein, P. Etchegoin, B. Maiorov, E. Osquiguil and J. Guimpel
Formation Process and Material Properties of Reactive Sputtered IrO2 Thin Films 139
R. H. Horng , D. S. Wuu , L. H. Wu, M. K. Lee
Influence of the microstructure on the magnetoresistance of manganite thin films 143
A. de Andrés, M. García-Hernández, A. Muñoz-Martín, L. Martín, C. Prieto, L. Calzada, and J.L. Martínez
Ferroelectric Ba1-xSrxTiO3 Thin Films for DRAM’s Applications 147
G.A. Hirata, L.L. López and J. M. Siqueiros, J. McKittrick
Characteristics of the PLT Thin Films with Various Pb/La Ratios 150
Seong Jun Kang, Dong Hoon Chang and Yung Sup Yoon
Two-zone furnace used to grow Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O films 154
A. Morales, J.L. Rosas, M.Jergel, C. Falcony, R. Martínez, M. García, R.T. Hernández
Superconducting Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O films deposited on Ag substrates 156
M. Jergel, A. Morales, J.L. Rojas, M. García, C. Falcony, R. Martinez, R.T. Hernández, A. De Ita
Growth of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 thin films on (111) silicon substrates 159
O. Blanco, A. G. Castellanos-Guzmán, J.L. Heiras
Rutherford Backscattering analysis of Bi-based superconducting films 162
J.C. Cheang-Wong, E. Díaz-Valdés, M. Jergel, A. Morales, R. Vargas
RBS and TEM studies of strain in epitaxially grown CaF2 on Si(111) 166
A. Tempel, Ramírez,, A. Zehe
Deposition of carbon nitride films by reactive Sub-picosecond pulsed laser ablation 169
S. Acquaviva, A. Perrone, A. Zocco A. Klini and C. Fotakis
Duality MOS–PN Junction in the Al/Silicon Rich Oxide/Si Structure as a Radiation Sensor 174
M. Aceves, J. Carrillo, J. Carranza, W. Calleja, P. Rosales, C. Falcony
Electrical properties of Ir-silicide formation on p-si(100) in ultra high vacuum 177
C.K. Chung, J. Hwang, T.H. Jaw and D.S. Wuu
Characterization of sputtered Ta-Ru thin films for ink-jet heater applications 180
D. S. Wuu, C. C. Chan, H. Horn
Structure of Si nano-clusters in ZnO matrix 184
J. García-Serrano, U. Pal
Thickness dependence of the properties of La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 thin films 188
M. Sirena, L. Steren and J. Guimpel
Excimer laser treated Ag/Co multilayers exhibiting giant magnetoresistance effect 193
M. Jergel, A. Anopchenko, E. Majková, M. Spasova, Š. Luby, V. Holý, M. Brunel, A. Luches, M. Martino
Chemical Stability of Ta Diffusion Barrier Between Cu and Si 199
T. Laurila , K. Zeng , J.K. Kivilahti, J. Molarius , I.Suni
Relation between microstructure and superconducting properties in a-axis 123 films and superlattices 202
C. Ballesteros, M. E. Gómez, J. I. Martín, M. Vélez, P. Prieto, J. L. Vicent
R.F.-Sputtered Tantalum-based diffusion barriers between copper and silicon 206
J.M.T. Molarius, I.Suni, T.Laurila, K.Zeng, and J.K.Kivilahti
The influence of TiB2-thinfilm thickness on metal - GaAs structural characteristics 210
Tetyana G. Kryshtab, Jesus Palacios Gomez, Petro M. Lytvyn, Oksana S. Lytvyn
Effect of thermal processing on optical and electrical properties of copper selenide thin films 213
V.M. García, L. Guerrero, M.T.S. Nair and P.K. Nair
Characterization of new copper sulfide materials 219
C. Cruz-Vázquez, M. Inoue, M. B. Inoue, R. Bernal, and F. J. Espinoza-Beltrán
Electrical and crystallographic propierties of the spinel type ZnCr2-2x In2xS4 222
C. Vargas-Hernández, B. Acevedo-Frías, F. F. Serrano-Suarez.
Conduction in lead phthalocyanine thin films with aluminium electrodes 226
R.D. Gould and T.S. Shafai
Capacitance Variations in Cd3As2 Thin Film Sandwich Structures 230
R.D. Gould and M. Din
Preparation and properties of precursor Ba-Ca-Cu-(O,F) thin films deposited from fluorides for superconducting Tl- and Hg- based films 234
Š. Chromik, M. Jergel, V. Štrbík, Š. Benacka, C. Falcony, F. Hanic, M. Jergel, S. Jimenez, J.C.Cheang-Wong and E.Andrade
Micromachining of stabilised porous silicon with several morphological features 239
W. Calleja, R. Osorio, C. Vázquez, S. Quintana, and C. Falcony
A RHEED study of as-received and atomically clean Silicon surfaces in UHV-environment 242
M. Maeder, A. Ramírez, A. Zehe
Doping effects on the response of thin film ZnO gas sensor to ethanol vapour 245
F. Paraguay D and M. Miki-Yoshida, J. Morales, J. Solis, and W. Estrada L.
Morphology of composite films: a computer study 248
Stanislav Novák, Rudolf Hrach and Miloš Sobotka
Effect of a III-V buffer layer on the quality of ZnSe thin films grown by MBE on GaAs substrates 253
J. Luyo-Alvarado, M. A. Santana-Aranda, M. Meléndez-Lira, M. López-López, V. H. Méndez, M. A. Vidal and H. Yonezu
Application of optical scatterometry to microstructure changes of Si1-xGex/Si heterostructures grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy 256
L. F. Zou, S.E. Acosta-Ortiz, and G.A. Perez-Herrera, L.E. Regalado, LuXin Zou, and J. Sarabia-Torres
Band Structure and Bulk Modulus of GaN 259
A. Mahmood, L. Enrique Sansores and S. Muhl
Gas Sensitive Thin Inorganic and Organic Layers Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition 263
F. Vyslouzil, M. Vrnata, V. Myslík, M. Jelínek, J. Zemek and J. Lancok
Characterization of diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films prepared by r.f. Magnetron sputtering 267
N. Alba, C. Rincón, G. Zambrano, P. Prieto and H. Galindo
Structure determination on (Ti,Al)N/Mo multilayers for hard coatings 271
C.J. Tavares, L. Rebouta and E.J. Alves
Mechanical and tribological properties of tungsten carbide sputtered coatings 276
J. Esteve, E. Martinez, G. Zambrano, P. Prieto, C. Rincon and H. Galindo
Thickness effects on aluminum thin films 280
P. Quintana, A. I. Oliva, O. Ceh and J. E. Corona
Interferometric thickness determination of thin metallic films 283
M. Hernández, A. Juárez and R. Hernández
Three-dimensional model for oxide thin film growth induced by laser heating of metallic surfaces 286
J.L.Jiménez Pérez, P. H. Sakanaka, M.A. Algatti, J.G. Mendoza-Alvarez and A. Cruz Orea
Microwave plasma steel nitriding using different H2-N2 gas mixtures 290
Enrique Camps, Fernando Becerril, Stephen Muhl, O. Alvarez-Fregoso, M. Villagrán
Optoelectronic properties of CdO-Si heterojunctions 294
Mauricio Ortega, Guillermo Santana, and Arturo Morales-Acevedo
Effect of thermal treatment on the optical properties of colloidal Cu nanoparticles prepared by ion-implantation in quartz glass 296
A. Bautista-Hernández U. Pal, L. Rodríguez-Fernández, J. C. Chean-Wong
Structural and optical properties of (ZnO)x(CdO)1-x thin films obtained by spray pyrolysis 300
Guillermo Santana, Arturo Morales-Acevedo, Osvaldo Vigil, Francisco Cruz, and Gerardo Contreras-Puente, Lídice Vaillant
Laser deposition of CNX films combined with RF and hollow cathode discharges 303
M. Jelinek, J. Lancok, L. Jastrabik, L. Soukup, M. Simeckova, Z. Zelinger
High deposition rate a-Si:H layers from pure SiH4 and from a 10% dilution of SiH4 in H2 306
M. Estrada, A. Cerdeira, and S. Soto, I. Pereyra
Theoretical study of the structural, electronic and vibrational properties of CdIn2Te4 310
Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera and Otto F. Sankey
Optical spectroscopy of near-surface excitonic states 313
H. Azucena-Coyotécatl, N.R. Grigorieva, B.A. Kazennov, J. Madrigal-Melchor, B.V. Novikov, F. Pérez-Rodríguez and A.V. Sel’kin
Laser deposition of Ti:sapphire films on quartz and sapphire and chalcogenide glass AsS films 316
J. Lancok, M. Jelínek, L. Soukup, J. Oswald, K. Jurek, F. Flory, M. Frumar