 | Nanotech 2008 Vol. 3
Nanotechnology 2008: Microsystems, Photonics, Sensors, Fluidics, Modeling, and Simulation - Technical Proceedings of the 2008 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 3
Chapter 1: Photonics & Nanowires |
Germanium antimony sulphide nano wires fabricated by chemical vapour deposition and e-beam lithography | |
| Authors: | C.C. Huang, C-Y Tai, C.J. Liu, R.E. Simpson, K. Knight, D.W. Hewak |
| Affilation: | University of Southampton, UK |
| Pages: | 96 - 99 |
| Keywords: | germanium antimony sulphide, nano wire, chemical vapour deposition, e-beam lithography |
| Abstract: | Germanium antimony sulphide (Ge-Sb-S) amorphous thin films and nano wires have been directly deposited and patterned on SiO2-on-silicon substrates by means of chemical vapour deposition, e-beam lithography and dry etching. The Ge-Sb-S thin films were formed at the deposition rate of approximately 10nm/min at a temperature of 300 degree C. In this way, Ge-Sb-S thin films with 100nm in depth were achieved in 10 minutes. The compositions of Ge-Sb-S thin films were characterized by micro-Raman and energy dispersive X-ray analysis techniques. A prototype device adopting the so-called phase-change line memory structure with a Ge-Sb-S nano wire (24nm x 100nm x 100nm thickness) was fabricated by e-beam lithography and reactive ion etching techniques with the electro-resist spin-coated on the sample for masking film with thickness of 100nm, patterned with an e-beam writer, then etched with SF6, CH4, and He gases, and finally stripping off the residual resist to complete a nano wire phase-change memory device. We are currently studying the phase-change properties of the Ge-Sb-S nano wire device through finite-element modelling. The preliminary results show this Ge-Sb-S nano wire devices have great potential for efficient, economic, fast switching ( |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4200-8505-1 |
| Pages: | 940 |
| Hardcopy: | $159.95 |
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