Assessment of Active Dopants and p–n Junction Abruptness Using In Situ Biased 4D-STEM

BC da Silva, Z Sadre Momtaz, E Monroy, H Okuno… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
A key issue in the development of high-performance semiconductor devices is the ability to
properly measure active dopants at the nanometer scale. In ap–n junction, the abruptness of …

High-Aspect-Ratio GaN pin Nanowires for Linear UV Photodetectors

BC da Silva, A Biegański, C Durand… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultraviolet GaN photodetectors based on nanowires (NWs) fabricated by top-down
strategies promise improved uniformity, morphology, and doping control with respect to …

Measuring Spatially‐Resolved Potential Drops at Semiconductor Hetero‐Interfaces Using 4D‐STEM

VS Chejarla, S Ahmed, J Belz, J Scheunert… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Characterizing long‐range electric fields and built‐in potentials in functional materials at
nano to micrometer scales is of supreme importance for optimizing devices, eg, the …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring electrical properties in semiconductor devices by pixelated STEM and off-axis electron holography (or convergent beams vs. plane waves).

D Cooper, L Bruas, M Bryan, V Boureau - Micron, 2024 - Elsevier
We demonstrate the use of both pixelated differential phase contrast (DPC) scanning
transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and off-axis electron holography (EH) for the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring deep learning models for 4D-STEM-DPC data processing

G Nordahl, S Dagenborg, J Sørhaug, M Nord - Ultramicroscopy, 2024 - Elsevier
For the study of magnetic materials at the nanoscale, differential phase contrast (DPC)
imaging is a potent tool. With the advancements in direct detector technology, and …

[HTML][HTML] Origin of giant enhancement of phase contrast in electron holography of modulation-doped n-type GaN

K Ji, M Schnedler, Q Lan, JF Carlin, R Butté… - Ultramicroscopy, 2024 - Elsevier
The electron optical phase contrast probed by electron holography at n-n+ GaN doping
steps is found to exhibit a giant enhancement, in sharp contrast to the always smaller than …

Impact of beam size and diffraction effects in the measurement of long-range electric fields in crystalline samples via 4DSTEM

D Heimes, VS Chejarla, S Ahmed, F Hüppe, A Beyer… - Ultramicroscopy, 2023 - Elsevier
Measuring long-range electric fields by 4-dimensional scanning transmission electron
microscopy (4DSTEM) is on the verge to becoming an established method, though …

Differential phase contrast (DPC) mapping electric fields: Optimising experimental conditions

C Li, X Mu, M Korytov, I Alexandrou… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract DPC in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) is a valuable method
for mapping the electric fields in semiconductor materials. However, optimising the …

Differential phase contrast from electrons that cause inner shell ionization

M Deimetry, TC Petersen, HG Brown… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Differential Phase Contrast (DPC) imaging, in which deviations in the bright field beam are
in proportion to the electric field, has been extensively studied in the context of pure elastic …

Mapping of the electric field using transmission electron microscopy

L Bruas - 2023 - theses.hal.science
The measurement of the electric field is of huge interest as its position, orientation and
strength will control the properties of an electronic device. However, this measurement with …