Preface |
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Editor Biography |
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1 Silicon Carbide: Presolar SiC Stardust Grains and the Human History of SiC from 1824 to 1974 |
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3 | (26) |
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3 | (1) |
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2 Presolar SiC Stardust Particles |
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3 | (7) |
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3 SiC History from 1824 to 1974 |
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10 | (14) |
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24 | (5) |
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2 Recent Progresses in Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of High-Quality SiC Single Crystal Films and Related Techniques |
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29 | (26) |
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29 | (2) |
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2 Vapor-Liquid-Solid (VLS) Growth Mechanism |
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31 | (1) |
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2.1 Brief History of the VLS Growth Mechanism Toward Single Crystal Films |
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31 | (1) |
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2.2 Chemical Engineering Aspects in the VLS Growth Mechanism |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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3.1 Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD)-Based VLS |
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34 | (2) |
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3.2 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope (CLSM) at Solution Growth Interfaces |
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36 | (2) |
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4 VLS Growth of SiC Films |
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38 | (1) |
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4.1 Origin of the Flattening Effect of Al Addition on the VLS Growth of SiC [ 30] |
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38 | (4) |
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4.2 Pt Additive Effect on the Step-Bunching in the Growth of SiC on Vicinal Substrates [ 44] |
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42 | (5) |
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5 VLS-Like Growth of SiC Films |
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47 | (1) |
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5.1 Basic Concept of VLS-Like Growth |
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47 | (2) |
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5.2 Homoepitaxial Growth of SiC Films [ 52] |
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49 | (2) |
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5.3 Heteroepitaxial Growth of SiC Films [ 53] |
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51 | (2) |
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5.4 Visible Light Photocurrent Response |
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53 | (2) |
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6 Conclusions and Future Prospects |
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55 | (6) |
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57 | (4) |
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3 Spectroscopic Investigations for the Dynamical Properties of Defects in Bulk and Epitaxially Grown 3C-SiC/Si (100) |
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61 | (38) |
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61 | (1) |
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2 Silicon Carbide: A Wide Bandgap Material for Power and Microelectronics |
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61 | (1) |
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2.1 Crystalline Structure |
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62 | (4) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Emerging Interest in Cubic SiC |
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64 | (1) |
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2.1.4 3C-SiC/Si Processing Issues |
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64 | (1) |
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2.1.5 Basic Properties of SiC |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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3.1 Group Theoretical Classification of Phonons |
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67 | (1) |
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3.2 Spectroscopic Methods |
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3.2.1 Infrared Spectroscopy |
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68 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Infrared Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
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68 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Raman Scattering Spectroscopy |
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68 | (1) |
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3.2.4 X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy |
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68 | (1) |
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4 Optical Response Theory |
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68 | (1) |
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4.1 Drude-Lorentz Model of IR Spectroscopy on Bulk 3C-SiC |
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69 | (3) |
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4.1.1 The Refractive Index |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (2) |
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4.2 Infrared Reflectivity of 3C-SiC/Si Epilayers: Ideal Configuration |
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72 | (1) |
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4.3 Infrared Reflectivity of 3C-SiC/Si Materials: Modified Model |
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73 | (1) |
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4.4 Infrared Reflectivity of 3C-SiC/Si Epifilms at Oblique Incidence |
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73 | (1) |
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4.5 Infrared Reflectivity of Superlattice Structures |
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74 | (1) |
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5 Spectroscopic Analysis of Infrared Spectra |
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75 | (1) |
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5.1 Ideal 3C-SiC/Si Films |
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75 | (8) |
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5.1.1 Effects of Film Thickness |
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76 | (1) |
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5.1.2 Reflectivity and Transmission of 3C-SiC/Si Epifilms |
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77 | (1) |
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5.1.3 Impact of Oblique Incidence on Transmission/Reflection: Berreman Effect |
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78 | (2) |
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5.1.4 Transmission at Oblique Incidence: Impact of Film Thickness of 3C-SiC/Si |
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80 | (1) |
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5.1.5 LO-plasmon Coupling in n-doped 3C-SiC |
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80 | (1) |
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5.1.6 Effects of Plasma Damping |
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81 | (1) |
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5.1.7 Transmission Spectra at Oblique Incidence in Doped 3C-SiC/Si Epilayers |
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81 | (2) |
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5.2 Typical Reflectance Spectra of 3C-SiC/Si (100) Epilayers |
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83 | (3) |
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5.2.1 Effect of Transition Layer and Surface Roughness |
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84 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Two-Component Bruggeman's Model |
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85 | (1) |
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6 Structural Characteristics of V-CVD Grown 3C-SiC |
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86 | (1) |
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6.1 Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (SR-XAFS) |
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86 | (2) |
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7 Lattice Dynamics of Defects in 3C-SiC/Si |
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88 | (1) |
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7.1 Phonon Characteristics of 3C-SiC |
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89 | (1) |
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7.2 Green's Function Theory |
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89 | (2) |
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7.2.1 The Perfect Green's Function Matrix Go(ra) |
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89 | (1) |
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7.2.2 The Perturbation Matrix P(co) |
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89 | (1) |
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7.2.3 Group-Theoretic Analysis of Impurity Vibrational Modes |
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90 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Impurity Vibrational Modes of NN Anti-site Pairs |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (8) |
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92 | (7) |
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4 SiC Materials, Devices, and Applications: A Review of Developments and Challenges in the 21st Century |
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99 | (26) |
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99 | (2) |
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2 A Review of Developments and Challenges on SiC Substrate |
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101 | (2) |
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3 A Review of Developments and Challenges on SiC Epitaxy |
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103 | (4) |
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4 A Review of Developments and Challenges on SiC Devices |
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107 | (4) |
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5 A Review of Developments and Challenges on the SiC Package and Module |
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111 | (2) |
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6 A Review of Developments and Challenges on SiC Applications |
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113 | (2) |
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7 A Review of Developments and Challenges on SiC Technical Standardization |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (9) |
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Part II SiC Materials Growth and Processing |
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5 CVD of SiC Epilayers - Basic Principles and Techniques |
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125 | (34) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (7) |
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135 | (1) |
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2.4 Pressure, Reactor Configuration, and Susceptor Design |
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136 | (6) |
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2.5 Precursor Chemistry and Delivery |
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142 | (1) |
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3 Material Characteristics and Growth Procedures |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (2) |
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3.2 Substrate Crystal Orientation |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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3.4 Post-Growth Termination |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (1) |
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4 Hot-Wall and High-Temperature CVD |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (6) |
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6 Homo-Epitaxy of Thick Crystalline 4H-SiC Structural Materials and Applications in an Electric Power System |
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159 | (14) |
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159 | (1) |
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2 Brief History Review of Research and Development on the Epitaxy and Devices of High Voltage |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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2.2 4H-SiC High-Voltage Devices |
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162 | (2) |
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3 Challenges of Ultrathick SiC Epitaxial Materials |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (6) |
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7 Epitaxial Growth and Structural Studies of Cubic SiC Thin Films Grown on Si-face and C-face 4H-SiC Substrates |
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173 | (24) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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3 Twinning and Double Position Boundary Defects in 3C-SiC Grown on Si-face 4H-SiC |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (2) |
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3.2 V-shaped Twirining Structure |
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178 | (5) |
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3.3 Dynamics of Adsorb Atoms near the DPB Defects |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (1) |
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4 Super-V-Shaped Structure on 3C-SiC Grown on the C-Face 4H-SiC |
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185 | (1) |
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4.1 Defects in C-face 3C-SiC |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (2) |
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4.4 Step-flow and Anti-step-flow in the Growth Model of SVSSs |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (4) |
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193 | (4) |
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8 SiC Thermal Oxidation Process and MOS Interface Characterizations: From Carrier Transportation to Single-Photon Source |
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197 | (22) |
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197 | (1) |
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2 SiC Oxidation Mechanism and the Carrier Transportation at the MOS Interface |
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198 | (1) |
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2.1 SiC Oxidation Process and Characteristics of MOS Interfaces |
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198 | (2) |
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2.1.1 SiC Oxidation Model |
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198 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Carrier Traps and Point Defects' Generation at the MOS Interface |
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199 | (1) |
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2.2 Theoretical Studies on the Carrier Transportation at the MOS Interface Performed by Ab Initio Calculations |
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200 | (8) |
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3 Creation of Single-Photon Sources at the MOS Interface |
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208 | (1) |
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3.1 Basic Properties and Structure Analyses of the SPSs |
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208 | (2) |
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3.2 Electrical Control of the Single-Photon Sources Formed at the MOS Interface |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (5) |
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Part III SiC Materials Studies and Characterization |
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9 Multiple Raman Scattering Spectroscopic Studies of Crystalline Hexagonal SiC Crystals |
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219 | (30) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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2.2 Raman Spectrometer Systems |
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221 | (1) |
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3 RT Raman Scattering and Line Shape of Doped 4H-SiC and 6H-SiC |
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221 | (1) |
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3.1 RT Raman Spectra of 4H-SiC and 6H-SiC Crystalline Wafers |
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221 | (2) |
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3.2 Aj(LO) Phonon Line Shape versus Nitrogen Doping Concentration |
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223 | (1) |
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3.3 Theoretical Calculation of A,(LO) Phonon Line Shape |
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223 | (2) |
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4 The Second-Order Raman Scattering of 4H-SiC and 6H-SiC |
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225 | (3) |
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5 Electronic Raman Scattering from Nitrogen Defect Levels in 4H-and 6H-SiC |
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228 | (1) |
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5.1 Theory of Plasmon- Phonon Coupling in N-doped 6H-SiC |
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228 | (1) |
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5.2 Raman Scattering of N-doped 4H-SiC, Excited in Visible to NIR |
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228 | (1) |
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5.3 Comparative Electronic Raman Scattering of N-doped 4H-/6H-SiC |
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229 | (2) |
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6 Temperature Dependence of Raman Scattering in Bulk 4H-SiC with Different Carrier Concentration |
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231 | (1) |
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6.1 Experiment Temperature-Dependent RSS of Doped 4H-SiC |
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231 | (1) |
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6.2 Theoretical Calculation of TO Phonon Frequency |
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232 | (1) |
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6.3 Theoretical Simulation on Temperature Dependence of LOPC Mode |
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233 | (1) |
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7 Rotation Raman Scattering Study on Anisotropic Property in Wurtzite 4H-SiC |
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234 | (1) |
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7.1 Phonon Anisotropy Characteristics |
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234 | (1) |
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7.2 Experimental Arrangements |
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235 | (1) |
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7.3 Raman Selection Rules |
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236 | (2) |
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7.4 Rotation Raman Spectra and Analyses |
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238 | (3) |
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7.5 Raman Tensor Element Analyses |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (7) |
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243 | (6) |
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10 Near-Infrared Luminescent Centers in Silicon Carbide |
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249 | (42) |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (4) |
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255 | (4) |
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3 Transition Metal Impurities with Near-Infrared Emission |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (5) |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (3) |
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269 | (3) |
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272 | (3) |
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275 | (1) |
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4 The Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in SiC |
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276 | (5) |
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5 Unidentified Defects with Emission in the Near Infrared |
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281 | (10) |
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11 SiC Substrate and its Epitaxial Layers' Analysis by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
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291 | (36) |
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291 | (1) |
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2 Background of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
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292 | (1) |
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2.1 Basic Theory of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
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292 | (2) |
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2.2 Analysis Strategies of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
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294 | (3) |
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2.2.1 Forward Modeling and Reverse Fitting |
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294 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Matrix Decomposition |
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295 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Matrix Transformation |
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296 | (1) |
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2.2.4 Combined with Other Methods |
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296 | (1) |
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2.3 Typical Applications of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
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297 | (1) |
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2.4 Development of Spectroscopic Ellipsometry |
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297 | (1) |
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3 Ellipsometric Analysis of Anisotropic SiC |
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298 | (1) |
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3.1 Reflection and Transmission of Light by Bulk SiC |
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298 | (1) |
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3.2 Determination of Optical Functions from Reflection Ellipsometry |
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299 | (4) |
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3.3 Characterization of Anisotropy From Transmission Ellipsometry |
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303 | (1) |
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3.4 Temperature-Dependent Optical Properties of Bulk SiC |
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304 | (3) |
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4 Ellipsometric Analysis of SiC Epilayers and SiC Substrate-Based Epilayers |
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307 | (1) |
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4.1 Ellipsometric Analysis of Substrate-Film-Ambient System |
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307 | (1) |
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4.2 Ellipsometric Analysis of SiC Epilayer on the SiC Substrate and Other Substrates |
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307 | (2) |
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4.3 Ellipsometric Analysis of Graphene on SiC Substrate |
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309 | (1) |
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4.4 Ellipsometric Analysis of GaN on 4H-SiC Substrate |
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310 | (1) |
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4.5 Ellipsometric Analysis of A1N on SiC Substrate |
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311 | (3) |
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4.6 Temperature-Dependent Optical Properties Analysis of GaN Epilayer on SiC Substrate |
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314 | (1) |
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5 The Subsurface Damaged Layer of SiC Substrate |
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315 | (1) |
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5.1 Optical Constants of 4H-SiC |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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5.3 The Sensitivity of Mueller Matrix |
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316 | (2) |
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5.4 Reflection Mueller Matrix Analysis |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (7) |
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321 | (6) |
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12 Raman Microscopy and Imaging of Semiconductor Films Grown on SiC Hybrid Substrate Fabricated by the Method of Coordinated Substitution of Atoms on Silicon |
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327 | (48) |
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327 | (1) |
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1.1 Raman Mapping of Various SiC Structures |
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327 | (6) |
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1.1.1 Crystalline Bulk SiC Structures |
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329 | (1) |
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1.1.2 SiC Layers Grown on Different Substrates |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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1.1.4 Gr and III-V Semiconductors Deposited onto SiC |
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331 | (2) |
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1.2 Method of coordinated Substitution of Atoms and its Distinctive Features |
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333 | (5) |
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338 | (1) |
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2.1 Investigation of 3C-SiC Layers Deposited by Method of Coordinated Substitution of Atoms |
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338 | (9) |
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2.1.1 Fabrication of SiC/Si Hybrid Substrate |
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338 | (1) |
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2.1.2 Microscopy Characterization Techniques |
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338 | (1) |
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2.1.3 Raman Microscopy and Mapping of SiC/Si Hybrid Substrate |
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339 | (5) |
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2.1.4 Mechanism of the Raman Signal Enhancement |
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344 | (3) |
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2.2 SiC-on-Si - A New, Flexible Template for the Growth of Epitaxial Films and Nanocrystals |
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347 | (15) |
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2.2.1 Growth of II-VI Compounds on SiC/Si Substrates |
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348 | (5) |
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2.2.2 Growth of III-V Compounds on SiC/Si Substrates |
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353 | (7) |
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2.2.3 Hybrid SiC/Si Substrate as an Intermediate Structure for Two-Stage Conversion of Si into a Thin Layer of Diamond-like Graphite |
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360 | (2) |
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3 Conclusions and Summary |
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362 | (13) |
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363 | (12) |
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Part IV SiC Devices and Developments |
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13 4H-SiC-Based Photodiodes for Ultraviolet Light Detection |
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375 | (28) |
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375 | (2) |
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2 Basic Theory of UV Photodetection |
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377 | (1) |
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377 | (1) |
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2.1.1 External Photoelectric Effect |
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2.1.2 Internal Photoelectric Effect |
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377 | (1) |
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2.2 Key Parameters of UV Photodiodes |
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378 | (1) |
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2.2.1 Quantum Efficiency and Responsivity |
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378 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Cut-off Frequency and Cut-off Wavelength |
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378 | (1) |
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2.2.3 Photocurrent and Dark Current |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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3 Classical 4H-SiC-Based Photodetectors |
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379 | (1) |
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3.1 Schottky Barrier Diodes |
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379 | (3) |
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3.2 Metal-Semiconductor-Metal (MSM) Diodes |
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382 | (4) |
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3.3 p-n and p-i-n Photodiodes |
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386 | (4) |
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3.4 Avalanche Photodiodes |
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390 | (5) |
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4 Novel 4H-SiC-based UV Photodetectors |
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395 | (1) |
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4.1 Graphene/4H-SiC UV Photodetectors |
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395 | (2) |
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4.2 β-Ga2O3/4H-SiC UV Photodetectors |
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397 | (1) |
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5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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397 | (6) |
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14 SiC Radiation Detector Based on Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Structures |
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403 | (16) |
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403 | (1) |
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2 SiC Material Properties |
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404 | (2) |
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3 SiC Radiation Detector with MIS Structures |
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406 | (1) |
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3.1 Vertical Structure with Thin A1203 as an Insulator |
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406 | (1) |
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3.2 Vertical Structure with Thin HfO2 as the Insulator |
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406 | (3) |
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3.3 Vertical Structure with Thick SiO2 as the Insulator |
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409 | (3) |
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3.4 MIS Structures with Graphene Insertion in Ohmic Contact Electrode |
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412 | (2) |
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414 | (5) |
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15 Internal Atomic Distortion and Crystalline Characteristics of Epitaxial SiC Thin Films Studied by Short Wavelength and Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction |
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419 | (12) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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3 Experimental and Fundamental Details |
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421 | (2) |
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4 Theoretical Fourier Transform Calculation on 3C-SiC |
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423 | (1) |
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5 Theoretical Calculation of Homo-Epitaxial 6H-SiC and 4H-SiC |
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424 | (1) |
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6 Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Diffraction Measurements and Simulation |
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425 | (2) |
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427 | (4) |
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