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304 Appendix D. Site Reports—Japan<br />

A. Kurobe, Advanced Research Laboratory<br />

“Study of Shapes Produced by Stranski-Krastanov Growth in Cold-Walled<br />

UHV-CVD”<br />

With a silicon buffer, hut-shaped Ge dots with (001 x 010) alignment<br />

were obtained. Without a buffer, dome-shaped Ge dots were obtained.<br />

Using H-terminated Si wafers by exposure of atomic hydrogen, domes were<br />

obtained.<br />

The H-free wafers with a prior annealing at 750 o C contained the hut dots.<br />

Thermal desorption spectroscopy supports the difference in the surface:<br />

Dihydride desorbs at 415 o C. Monohydride desorbs at 550 o C. Annealing at<br />

750 o C removes all H. Atomic hydrogen exposure produces a monohydride<br />

surface. The goal is study of interaction of dots with 2DEG. The plan is to<br />

move to a SiO 2 -Si system to increase barrier height.<br />

K. Inomata, Research <strong>and</strong> Development Center<br />

“Advanced GMR”<br />

Working on spin electronics for high density heads, 20 Gbit in 2002 is<br />

forecast. Toshiba researchers have achieved >10% GMR ratio in layered<br />

films at room temperature. They have also achieved > 30% in nanogranular<br />

films with a coercive field of 0.1 T.<br />

The most promising approach is the tunnel junction. It has > 25% MR<br />

ratio but drawbacks include high resistance <strong>and</strong> strong fall-off of the<br />

magnetoresistance ratio with applied voltage <strong>and</strong> pinholes in the ultrathin<br />

insulator barrier.<br />

Dr. Inomata described two structures for possible use in future memory<br />

<strong>and</strong> logic. One new proposed structure consists of two ferromagnetic (FM)<br />

layers s<strong>and</strong>wiching a barrier containing 8 nm granules of FM material in an<br />

SiO 2 matrix. The total barrier thickness is about 10 nm. Inomata <strong>and</strong><br />

coworkers explained that the size <strong>and</strong> distribution of the FM granules must<br />

be carefully controlled. The FM contact polarization can be switched either<br />

parallel or antiparallel to the granules <strong>and</strong> to each other to provide high or<br />

low current transport through the barrier. No data were provided.<br />

A second proposed structure places the two FM electrodes on the same<br />

surface of granular FM materials. This is a transistor structure in which<br />

lateral conduction can be controlled by the relative polarization of the<br />

contacts. No data were provided.

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