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Sep 2014 Posters presented at MNE 2014 and XTOP 2014.
12 May 2014 The fabrication of germanium-based modulators, detectors and waveguides on a silicon wafer offers an attractive platform for on-chip interconnects: the Silicon Photonics group of the University Paris Sud, in collaboration with the SiGe group, publishes in Nature Photonics.
13 May 2013 The SiGe group is featured on TG Leonardo.
Researchers at the Politecnico together with the ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) have demonstrated how germanium can be transformed into a laser material. By making micro-bridges of germanium in which the reduction of the cross-section of the bridge at a constriction concentrates the pre-existing thermal stress left behind by the growth process, the bandgap is modified in a way which turns germanium into an efficient light emitter.
10 Sep 2012 Built-in germanium lasers could make computer chips faster - research published in Physical Review Letters in collaboration with the PSI and ETH Zürich in Switzerland, highlights the conditions under which a germanium laser could be realized.
8 Jun 2012 High-speed germanium quantum well modulator - Using high germanium content compounds is a promising approach to obtain efficient, high-speed modulation.
The cover of the 16th March issue of Science, featuring Ge crystals grown by LEPECVD on Si pillars. The growth was carried out at the L-NESS by Claudiu Falub, visiting from the ETH Zürich, and this scanning-electron microscopy image was taken by Claudiu at the ETHZ FIRST laboratory.
The primary objective of the GREENSi project is to demonstrate integrated on-chip thermoelectric energy harvesting using micro-/nano-fabricated Si/SiGe nanostructures with improved efficiencies through the use of bandstructure engineering and phonon bandgaps. High performance thermoelectric materials require high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity. Our approach is to engineer thermoelectric materials which enhance the electrical conductivity while simultaneously blocking the tranport of thermal energy through the devices. Bulk 2D Si/SiGe superlattices, laterally patterned 1D nanowires and 0D quantum dots made from Si/SiGe heterostructure technology will be investigated for high performance thermoelectrics in microsystems and other applications. We propose to combine the optimum 2D superlattice or 0D quantum dot material with 1D nanowire patterning to further improve the thermoelectric performance of microgenerators. The final optimised thermoelectric generator will be integrated with a capacitor energy store on a mm-sized single silicon chip to demonstrate a power source for an autonomous system. This will be used to power a micropower CMOS sensor to demonstrate its use as an energy harvesting system. The developed technology will be compatible with the power supply requirements for wireless autonomous systems such as those defined in the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. While the project is aimed at on-chip sustainable energy generation, the techniques, technology and IP being developed will also be able to be deployed into high efficiency (>20%) thermoelectric generators and Peltier coolers for domestic and industrial applications.
Silicon substrates patterned by the Nanoscale Device Group using electron-beam lithography and reactive-ion etching are used as templates for the growth of Ge dots by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (LEPECVD).
The SiGe epitaxy group has been featured on the cover of Science for its work on the growth of Ge crystals on pre-patterned Si pillars, in collaboration with the ETH Zürich, the Università di Milano-Bicocca and the Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtecnique at Neuchâtel.
Current ICT is dominated by silicon because of its physically and electronically advantageous properties as well as its nearly unlimited availability. However, today's demand for ever-increasing data rates requires switching speeds beyond those which state-of-the-art electronics provide. Electronic Photonic integrated circuits (EPICs) on Si are probably the most promising answer to this challenge. A CMOS-compatible laser based on a group IV material is therefore extremely desirable if not mandatory to complete the monolithic integration of electronics and photonics. Only a few years ago this idea was generally considered an engineer's dream and many scientists even discarded the idea as completely impractical. However, several very recent observations have accelerated the research in this field. In particular, the fully CMOS-compatible (group III-V free) optically pumped Ge-on-Si laser demonstrated at the MIT is a mayor step towards finally realizing a complete optoelectronic platform on Si. CMOS-compatible monolithically grown lasers are the “missing link” needed for the realization of an EPIC going beyond state-of-the-art as Si-based detectors, waveguides, and modulators are well established. Completing this technology will enable extended multi-core parallel computing with integrated lasers used for data distribution between individual cores. Another practical advantage of the Ge material system in connection with innovative thermally induced strain and n-type doping is its emission in the 1.55 μm C-band of fibre optic communications, ensuring compatibility with existing telecommunication infrastructure.
SiGe multiple quantum well (MQW) heterostructures grown by LEPECVD have demonstrated direct-gap photoluminescence at low temperature and at room temperature and above, electroluminescence at room temperature, the quantum-confined Stark effect, and transient gain.
A low-temperature mobility of 120 000 cm2V-1s-1 has been measured in a strained Ge channel grown by LEPECVD, at a sheet density of 8.5×10-11 cm-2, beating both the previous LEPECVD record and the best material obtained by molecular-beam epitaxy.
Low-temperature mobilities of strained Ge layers grown by LEPECVD. The lines represent calculations of the scattering rate based mainly on ionized dopants, with a variation in the background doping.
These mobilities are made possible in part by the high epitaxial growth rates available to LEPECVD, and also by the high quality of the virtual substrate.
Relaxed graded silicon germanium buffer layers greatly extend the possibilities of the silicon germanium material system. Such a relaxed buffer layer, or virtual substrate, allows the growth of a tensile strained silicon quantum well for n-type conduction. Also, it is possible to grow compressively strained quantum wells for p-type conduction with any germanium fraction.
The traditional method of producing a virtual substrate is to linearly increase the germanium fraction x at around 10% per micron (E. A. Fitzgerald et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 59  811-813 ). LEPECVD is excellent for this purpose, since growth rates of 5-10 nms-1 can be reached. This means that a buffer which is graded at 7% per micron from pure Si to pure Ge, and capped with 2 microns of pure Ge, still takes less than one hour to grow. The threading dislocation density of such a buffer has been measured to be 1.5×105 cm-2 and the rms surface roughness is 3.2 nm (S. G. Thomas et al. J. Electron. Mater. 32  976-980 ). For comparison, the threading dislocation density of a similar buffer grown by ultra-high vacuum chemical vapour deposition (UHV-CVD) is 2.1× 106 cm-2 (and the rms roughness is 24 nm) but here the wafer has to be taken out of the growth system half-way through and subjected to chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) (S. B. Samavedam et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 73  2125-2127 ).
Such structures can have excellent electrical properties (B. Rößner et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82  754-756 , B. Rössner et al. Appl. Phys. Lett. 84  3058-3060 ). These papers feature modulation-doped strained Ge channels on 70 % virtual substrates.
Low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (LEPECVD) is a technique for growing high-quality epitaxial or nanocrystalline SiGe layers at high rates, with efficient use of the source materials.
Schematic of the LEPECVD system.
The original prototype LEPECVD system.
The original LEPECVD prototype was brought to the L-NESS in Como from the ETH Zürich in 2002. It can handle wafer sizes up to 4” (100 mm), and smaller sizes by means of suitable Mo adaptor plates.
The second generation LEPECVD system (LG2).
This system was developed, built and optimized at the L-NESS. It can take wafer sizes up to 8” (200 mm).
The group is equipped with a high-resolution x-ray diffractometer, which is used to measure the lattice constants of epitaxial SiGe layers and to thereby characterize their composition, strain and thickness.
The group is equipped with a Veeco Innova atomic force microscope. The microscope is used to characterize the surface morphology of as-grown SiGe layers, and to image etch pits following defect etching.
The group is equipped with a Cryogenic cryogen free (i.e., a closed cycle liquid helium-4) magnet system to 7.5 T with an integrated variable temperature insert. The lowest temperature which can be reached by this cryostat is about 1.4 K. The cryostat is connected to a transport measurement system comprised of digital source meters, multi meters, preamplifiers, function generators, an oscilloscope, and an acquisition board. This system is used for the characterization of high-mobility heterostructures.
S. Q. Li, A. Solanki, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, C. Zheng, A. Ahnood, K. Ganesan, and K. B. Crozier: Vertical Ge--Si nanowires with suspended graphene top contacts as dynamically tunable multispectral photodetectors, ACS Photonics 6, 735 (2019).
Y. Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, R. Erni, F. Isa, G. Isella, H. von Känel, P. Gröning, and M. D. Rossell: Atomic-scale structural characterization of grain boundaries in epitaxial Ge/Si microcrystals by HAADF-STEM, Acta Mater. 167, 159 (2019).
P. Chaisakul, V. Vakarin, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, L. Vivien, and D. Marris-Morini: Recent progress on Ge/SiGe quantum well optical modulators, detectors, and emitters for optical interconnects, Photonics 6, 24 (2019).
Q. Liu, J. M. Ramírez, V. Vakarin, D. Benedikovic, C. Alonso-Ramos, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, G. Isella, L. Vivien, and D. Marris-Morini: 7.5-μm wavelength fiber-chip grating couplers for Ge-rich SiGe photonics integrated circuits.In R. G. Baets, P. O'Brien, and L. Vivien (eds.), Silicon Photonics: From Fundamental Research to Manufacturing, volume Proc. SPIE 10686, 106860O (2018).
J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, M. Ortolani, and M. Virgilio: Modeling of second harmonic generation in hole-doped silicon-germanium quantum wells for mid-infrared sensing, Opt. Express 26, 31861 (2018).
D. Marris-Morini, V. Vakarin, J. M. Ramirez, Q. Liu, A. Ballabio, J. Frigerio, M. Montesinos, C. Alonso-Ramos, X. Le Roux, S. Serna, D. Benedikovic, D. Chrastina, L. Vivien, and G. Isella: Germanium-based integrated photonics from near- to mid-infrared applications, Nanophotonics 7, 1781 (2018).
J. M. Ramírez, V. Vakarin, Q. Liu, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, X. Le Roux, D. Benediktovic, C. Alonso-Ramos, G. Isella, L. Vivien, and D. Marris-Morini: Ge-rich graded-index Si1-xGex devices for MID-IR integrated photonics, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 10537, 105370R (2018).
F. Montalenti, F. Rovaris, R. Bergamaschini, L. Miglio, M. Salvalaglio, G. Isella, F. Isa, and H. von Känel: Dislocation-free SiGe/Si heterostructures, Crystals 8, 257 (2018).
Q. Liu, J. M. Ramirez, V. Vakarin, X. Le Roux, A. Ballabio, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, D. Bouville, L. Vivien, C. A. Ramos, and D. Marris-Morini: Mid-infrared sensing between 5.2 and 6.6 μm wavelengths using Ge-rich SiGe waveguides, Opt. Mater. Express 8, 1305 (2018).
I. L. Drichko, A. A. Dmitriev, V. A. Malysh, I. Y. Smirnov, H. von Känel, M. Kummer, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Effective g factor of 2D holes in strained Ge quantum wells.J. Appl. Phys. 123, 165703 (2018).
I. L. Drichko, A. A. Dmitriev, V. A. Malysh, I. Y. Smirnov, Y. M. Galperin, H. von Känel, M. Kummer, G. Isella, and D. Chrastina: Universal frequency dependence of the hopping AC conductance in p-Ge/GeSi structures in the integer quantum Hall effect regime.Sov. Phys. JETP 126, 246 (2018).
A. Bashir, K. Gallacher, R. W. Millar, D. J. Paul, A. Ballabio, J. Frigerio, G. Isella, D. Kriegner, M. Ortolani, J. Barthel, and I. MacLaren: Interfacial sharpness and intermixing in a Ge-SiGe multiple quantum well structure, J. Appl. Phys. 123, 035703 (2018).
P. Chaisakul, V. Vakarin, J. Frigerio, G. Isella, L. Vivien, and D. Marris-Morini: Silicon nitride waveguide-integrated Ge/SiGe quantum wells optical modulator, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 901, 012152 (2017).
S. Prucnal, J. Frigerio, E. Napolitani, A. Ballabio, Y. Berencén, L. Rebohle, M. Wang, R. Böttger, M. Voelskow, G. Isella, R. Hübner., M. Helm, S. Zhou, and W. Skorupa: In situ ohmic contact formation for n-type Ge via non-equilibrium processing.Semicond. Sci. Technol. 32, 115006 (2017).
J. Frigerio, V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, A. Ballabio, D. Chrastina, M. Leone, X. Le Roux, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Electro-refraction in standard and symmetrically coupled Ge/SiGe quantum wells, Nanosci. Nanotechnol. Lett. 9, 1123 (2017).
M. Lodari, D. Chrastina, V. Mondiali, M. R. Barget, J. Frigerio, E. Bonera, and M. Bollani: Strain in Si or Ge from the edge forces of epitaxial nanostructures, Nanosci. Nanotechnol. Lett. 9, 1128 (2017).
V. Vakarin, J. M. Ramírez, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, X. Le Roux, Q. Liu, D. Bouville, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Ultra-wideband Ge-rich silicon germanium integrated Mach--Zehnder interferometer for mid-infrared spectroscopy, Optics Lett. 42, 3482 (2017).
V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, J. M. Ramírez, X. Le Roux, J. R. Coudevylle, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Polarization insensitive Ge-rich silicon germanium waveguides for optical interconnects on silicon.In P. Cheben, J. Čtyroký, and I. nigo Molina-Fernández (eds.), Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations III, volume Proc. SPIE 10242, 102420T (2017).
V. Giliberti, E. Sakat, M. Bollani, M. V. Altoe, M. Melli, A. Weber-Bargioni, L. Baldassarre, M. Celebrano, J. Frigerio, G. Isella, S. Cabrini, and M. Ortolani: Scanning probe microscopy: Functionalization of scanning probe tips with epitaxial semiconductor layers, Small Methods 141, 168 (2015).
J. M. Ramírez, V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, C. Gilles, D. Chrastina, Q. Liu, G. Maisons, X. Le Roux, L. Vivien, M. Carras, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Ge-rich SiGe waveguides for mid-infrared photonics, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 10108, 1010812 (2017).
J. M. Ramírez, V. Vakarin, J. Frigerio, P. Chaisakul, D. Chrastina, X. Le Roux, A. Ballabio, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Ge-rich graded-index Si1-xGex waveguides with broadband tight mode confinement and flat anomalous dispersion for nonlinear mid-infrared photonics, Opt. Express 25, 6561 (2017).
F. Isa, A. Jung, M. Salvalaglio, Y. Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, I. Marozau, M. Meduňa, M. Barget, A. Marzegalli, G. Isella, R. Erni, F. Pezzoli, E. Bonera, P. Niedermann, O. Sereda, P. Gröning, F. Montalenti, and H. von Känel: Strain engineering in highly mismatched SiGe/Si heterostructures, Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 70, 117 (2017).
K. Gallacher, A. Ballabio, R. W. Millar, J. Frigerio, A. Bashir, I. MacLaren, G. Isella, M. Ortolani, and D. J. Paul: Mid-infrared intersubband absorption from p-Ge quantum wells grown on Si substrates, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 091114 (2016).
J. M. Ramírez, V. Vakarin, M. Rahman, P. Chaisakul, X. Le Roux, L. Vivien, D. Marris-Morini, D. Chrastina, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, and G. Isella: Broadband single mode SiGe graded waveguides with tight mode confinement for mid-infrared photonics.In IEEE Photonics North, 1 (2016).
S.-Q. Li, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, A. Solanki, W. Song, C. Zheng, and K. B. Crozier: Vertical germanium nanowire photodetectors with suspended graphene top contact.In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference, SM4E.7 (2016).
A. Giorgioni, S. Paleari, S. Cecchi, E. Vitiello, E. Grilli, G. Isella, W. Jantsch, M. Fanciulli, and F. Pezzoli: Strong confinement-induced engineering of the g factor and lifetime of conduction electron spins in Ge quantum wells.Nature Communications 7, 13886 (2016).
M. Bollani, V. Giliberti, E. Sakat, L. Baldassarre, M. Celebrano, J. Frigerio, G. Isella, M. Finazzi, M. Melli, A. Weber-Bargioni, S. Cabrini, P. Biagioni, and M. Ortolani: Photoluminescence emission from a nanofabricated scanning probe tip made of epitaxial germanium, Microelectron. Eng. 159, 164 (2016).
M. Bollani, D. Chrastina, R. Ruggeri, G. Nicotra, L. Gagliano, E. Bonera, V. Mondiali, A. Marzegalli, F. Montalenti, C. Spinella, and L. Miglio: Anisotropic extended misfit dislocations in overcritical SiGe films by local substrate patterning, Nanotechnology 27, 425301 (2016).
F. Isa, A. Jung, M. Salvalaglio, Y. Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, M. Meduňa, M. Barget, T. Kreiliger, G. Isella, R. Erni, F. Pezzoli, E. Bonera, P. Niedermann, K. Zweiacker, A. Neels, A. Dommann, P. Gröning, F. Montalenti, and H. von Känel: Elastic and plastic stress relaxation in highly mismatched SiGe/Si crystals, MRS Advances 1, 3403 (2016).
F. Isa, M. Salvalaglio, Y. Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, A. Jung, G. Isella, R. Erni, B. Timotijevic, P. Niedermann, P. Gröning, F. Montalenti, and H. von Känel: Enhancing elastic stress relaxation in SiGe/Si heterostructures by Si pillar necking, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 182112 (2016).
Y. Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, M. D. Rossell, F. Isa, R. Erni, G. Isella, H. von Känel, and P. Grönig: Strain relaxation in epitaxial Ge crystals grown on patterned Si(001) substrates, Scripta Mater. 127, 169 (2016).
M. R. Barget, M. Lodari, V. Mondiali, D. Chrastina, M. Bollani, and E. Bonera: Tensile strain in Ge membranes induced by SiGe nanostressors, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 133109 (2016).
V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, X. Le Roux, J. R. Coudevylle, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Silicon germanium on graded buffer as a new platform for optical interconnects on silicon.In H. Schröder and R. T. Chen (eds.), Optical Interconnects XVI, volume Proc. SPIE 9753, 975309 (2016).
F. Pezzoli, A. Giorgioni, K. Gallacher, F. Isa, P. Biagioni, R. W. Millar, E. Gatti, E. Grilli, E. Bonera, G. Isella, D. J. Paul, and L. Miglio: Disentangling nonradiative recombination processes in ge micro-crystals on Si substrates, Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 262103 (2016).
R. W. Millar, K. Gallacher, A. Samarelli, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, T. Dieing, G. Isella, and D. J. Paul: Expanding the Ge emission wavelength to 2.25 μm with SixNy strain engineering, Thin Solid Films 602, 90 (2016).
L. Ferre Llin, A. Samarelli, S. Cecchi, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, E. Müller Gubler, T. Etzelstorfer, J. Stangl, and D. J. Paul: Thermoelectric cross-plane properties on p- and n-Ge/SixGe1-x superlattices, Thin Solid Films 602, 90 (2016).
J. Frigerio, V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, A. Ballabio, D. Chrastina, X. Le Roux, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Electro-absorption and electro-refraction in Ge/SiGe coupled quantum wells.In L. Vivien, L. Pavesi, and S. Pelli (eds.), Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits V, volume Proc. SPIE 9891, 989113 (2016).
D. Marris-Morini, V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, J. Frigerio, M. Rahman, J. M. Ramìrez, M.-S. Rouifed, D. Chrastina, X. Le Roux, G. Isella, and L. Vivien: Silicon photonics based on Ge/SiGe quantum well structures.In Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2016 18th International Conference on, 1--3 (2016).
F. Isa, M. Salvalaglio, Y. A. R. Dasilva, A. Jung, G. Isella, R. Erni, P. Niedermann, P. Gröning, F. Montalenti, and H. von Känel: From plastic to elastic stress relaxation in highly mismatched SiGe/Si heterostructures, Acta Mater. 114, 97 (2016).
M. Meduňa, C. V. Falub, F. Isa, A. Marzegalli, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, L. Miglio, A. Dommann, and H. von Känel: Lattice bending in three-dimensional Ge microcrystals studied by X-ray nanodiffraction and modelling, J. Appl. Cryst. 49, 976 (2016).
R. W. Millar, K. Gallacher, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, A. Bashir, I. MacLaren, G. Isella, and D. J. Paul: Analysis of Ge micro-cavities with in-plane tensile strains above 2%, Opt. Express 24, 4365 (2016).
R. Bergamaschini, M. Salvalaglio, A. Scaccabarozzi, F. Isa, C. V. Falub, G. Isella, H. von Känel, F. Montalenti, and L. Miglio: Temperature-controlled coalescence during the growth of Ge crystals on deeply patterned Si substrates, J. Cryst. Growth 440, 86 (2016).
V. Mondiali, M. Lodari, M. Borriello, D. Chrastina, and M. Bollani: Top-down SiGe nanostructures on Ge membranes realized by e-beam lithography and wet etching, Microelectron. Eng. 153, 88 (2016).
A. G. Taboada, M. Medunňa, M. Salvalaglio, F. Isa, T. Kreiliger, C. V. Falub, E. Barthazy Meier, E. Müller, L. Miglio, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: GaAs/Ge crystals grown on Si substrates patterned down to the micron scale, J. Appl. Phys. 119, 055301 (2016).
J. Frigerio, L. Baldassarre, E. Sakat, A. Samarelli, K. Gallacher, M. Fischer, D. Brida, D. J. Paul, G. Isella, P. Biagioni, and M. Ortolani: Heavily phosphorous-doped germanium thin films for mid-infrared plasmonics.In IEEE 12th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 94--95 (2015).
D. Marris-Morini, P. Chaisakul, J. Frigerio, M.-S. Rouifed, V. Vakarin, D. Chrastina, X. Le Roux, G. Isella, and L. Vivien: Silicon photonics based on Ge/SiGe quantum well structures.In IEEE 12th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 11--12 (2015).
K. Gallacher, A. Ballabio, R. W. Millar, A. Samarelli, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, L. Baldassarre, M. Ortolani, E. Sakat, P. Biagioni, and D. J. Paul: Mid-infrared intersubband absorption in p-Ge/SiGe quantum wells grown on Si.In IEEE 12th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 15--16 (2015).
R. W. Millar, K. Gallacher, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and D. J. Paul: Highly strained Ge and Si microdisks with silicon nitride stressors.In IEEE 12th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 15--16 (2015).
D. Marris-Morini, P. Chaisakul, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, V. Vakarin, S. Cecchi, G. Isella, and L. Vivien: Optical interconnects based on Ge/SiGe multiple quantum well structures.In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference, SM3G.1 (2015).
A. Samarelli, J. Frigerio, E. Sakat, L. Baldassarre, K. Gallacher, M. Finazzi, G. Isella, M. Ortolani, P. Biagioni, and D. J. Paul: Fabrication of mid-infrared plasmonic antennas based on heavily doped germanium thin films, Thin Solid Films 602, 52 (2015).
F. Isa, M. Salvalaglio, Y. A. R. Dasilva, M. Meduňa, M. Barget, A. Jung, T. Kreiliger, G. Isella, R. Erni, F. Pezzoli, E. Bonera, P. Niedermann, P. Gröning, F. Montalenti, and H. von Känel: Highly mismatched, dislocation-free SiGe/Si heterostructures, Adv. Mater. 28, 884 (2015).
V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, J. Frigerio, A. Ballabio, X. Le Roux, J.-R. Coudevylle, D. Bouville, D. Perez-Galacho, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Sharp bends and Mach--Zehnder interferometer based on Ge-rich-SiGe waveguides on SiGe graded buffer, Opt. Express 23, 30821 (2015).
J. Rozbořil, M. Meduňa, C. V. Falub, F. Isa, and H. von Känel: Strain relaxation in Ge microcrystals studied by high-resolution X-ray diffraction, phys. stat. sol. (a) 213, 463 (2015).
J. Frigerio, V. Vakarin, P. Chaisakul, M. Ferretto, D. Chrastina, X. Le Roux, L. Vivien, G. Isella, and D. Marris-Morini: Giant electro-optic effect in Ge/SiGe coupled quantum wells, Sci. Reports 5, 15398 (2015).
L. Baldassarre, E. Sakat, J. Frigerio, A. Samarelli, K. Gallacher, E. Calandrini, G. Isella, D. Paul, M. Ortolani, and P. Biagioni: Mid-infrared plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy with germanium antennas on silicon substrates, Nano Lett. 15, 7225 (2015).
Y. Arroyo Rojas Dasilva, M. D. Rossell, D. Keller, P. Grönig, F. Isa, T. Kreiliger, H. von Känel, G. Isella, and R. Erni: Analysis of edge threading dislocations b = 1/2 <110> in three dimensional Ge crystals grown on (001)-Si substrates.Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 093501 (2015).
A. Jung, A. G. Taboada, W. Stumpf, T. Kreiliger, F. Isa, G. Isella, E. Barthazy Meier, and H. von Känel: Heterointegration of InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells on micro-patterned Si substrates, J. Appl. Phys. 118, 075701 (2015).
F. Isa, F. Pezzoli, G. Isella, M. Meduňa, C. V. Falub, E. Müller, T. Kreiliger, A. G. Taboada, H. von Känel, and L. Miglio: Three-dimensional Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells deposited on Si(001) and Si(111) patterned substrates, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 30, 105001 (2015).
H. Groiss, M. Glaser, A. Marzegalli, F. Isa, G. Isella, L. Miglio, and F. Schäffler: Burgers vector analysis of vertical dislocations in Ge crystals by large-angle convergent beam electron diffraction, Microsc. Microanal. 21, 637 (2015).
R. W. Millar, K. Gallacher, A. Samarelli, J. Frigerio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, T. Dieing, and D. J. Paul: Extending the emission wavelength of Ge nanopillars to 2.25 μm using silicon nitride stressors, Opt. Express 23, 18193 (2015).
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F. Pezzoli, F. Bottegoni, D. Trivedi, F. Ciccacci, A. Giorgioni, P. Li, S. Cecchi, E. Grilli, Y. Song, M. Guzzi, H. Dery, and G. Isella: Optical spin injection and spin lifetime in Ge heterostructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 156603 (2012).
K. Kolata, S. Imhof, N. S. Köster, S. Cecchi, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, J. E. Sipe, A. Thränhardt, and S. Chatterjee: Hole system heating by ultrafast interband energy transfer in optically excited Ge/SiGe quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 85, 165312 (2012).
P. H. Wu, D. Dumcenco, Y. S. Huang, H. P. Hsu, C. H. Lai, T. Y. Lin, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, E. Gatti, and K. K. Tiong: Above-room-temperature photoluminescence from a strain-compensated Ge/Si0.15Ge0.85 multiple-quantum-well structure, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 141905 (2012).
F. Bottegoni, A. Ferrari, G. Isella, S. Cecchi, M. Marcon, D. Chrastina, G. Trezzi, and F. Ciccacci: Ge/SiGe heterostructures as emitters of polarized electrons, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 063916 (2012).
C. V. Falub, H. von Känel, F. Isa, R. Bergamaschini, A. Marzegalli, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, E. Müller, P. Niedermann, and L. Miglio: Scaling hetero-epitaxy from layers to three-dimensional crystals, Science 335, 1330 (2012).
P. Chaisakul, M.-S. Rouifed, D. Marris-Morini, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, J. Frigerio, X. Le Roux, S. Edmond, J.-R. Coudevylle, and L. Vivien: High speed electro-absorption modulator based on quantum-confined Stark effect from Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells.In IEEE 9th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 60--62 (2012).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, M.-S. Rouifed, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, J. Frigerio, X. Le Roux, S. Edmond, J.-R. Coudevylle, and L. Vivien: Ge/SiGe multiple quantum well optoelectronic devices for silicon photonics.In SiGe Technology and Device Meeting, 2012. ISTDM 2012. (2012).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, M.-S. Rouifed, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, J. Frigerio, X. Le Roux, S. Edmond, J.-R. Coudevylle, and L. Vivien: 23 GHz Ge/SiGe multiple quantum well electro-absorption modulator, Opt. Express 20, 3219 (2012).
H. P. Hsu, P. H. Wu, Y. S. Huang, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, and K. K. Tiong: Photoreflectance study of direct-gap interband transitions in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich barriers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 041905 (2012).
P. H. Wu, Y. S. Huang, H. P. Hsu, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, and K. K. Tiong: Temperature dependence of the direct interband transitions of a Ge/SiGe multiple-quantum-well structure with Ge-rich barriers, Phys. Rev. B 85, 035303 (2012).
M. Bollani, D. Chrastina, V. Montuori, D. Terziotti, E. Bonera, G. M. Vanacore, A. Tagliaferri, R. Sordan, C. Spinella, and G. Nicotra: Homogeneity of Ge-rich nanostructures as characterized by chemical etching and transmission electron microscopy, Nanotechnology 23, 045302 (2012).
A. Giorgioni, E. Gatti, E. Grilli, A. Chernikov, S. Chatterjee, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and M. Guzzi: Photoluminescence decay of direct and indirect transitions in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 013501 (2012).
E. Gatti, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, A. Chernikov, V. Bornwasser, N. Köster, R. Woscholski, and S. Chatterjee: Photoluminescence and ultrafast inter-subband relaxation in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 84, 245319 (2011).
K. Kolata, N. Köster, R. Woscholski, C. Lange, S. Chatterjee, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Giant AC Stark shift in germanium.In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference, QMH1 (2011).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, N. Izard, X. L. Roux, S. Edmond, J.-R. Coudevylle, and L. Vivien: Room temperature direct gap electroluminescence from Ge/Si0.15Ge0.85 multiple quantum well waveguide, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 141106 (2011).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, M.-S. Rouifed, X. L. Roux, S. Edmond, E. Cassan, J.-R. Coudevylle, and L. Vivien: 10-Gb/s Ge/SiGe multiple quantum-well waveguide photodetector, IEEE Photonic Tech. L. 23, 1430 (2011).
R. Kaufmann, G. Isella, A. Sanchez-Amores, S. Neukom, A. Neels, L. Neumann, A. Brenzikofer, A. Dommann, C. Urban, and H. von Känel: Near infrared image sensor with integrated germanium photodiodes, J. Appl. Phys. 110, 023107 (2011).
L. Carroll, F. Imbert, H. Sigg, M. Süess, E. Müller, M. Virgilio, G. Pizzi, P. Rossbach, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Quantum-confined direct-gap transitions in tensile-strained Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 031907 (2011).
F. Bottegoni, G. Isella, S. Cecchi, and F. Ciccacci: Spin polarized photoemission from strained Ge epilayers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 242107 (2011).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, X. L. Roux, S. Edmond, J.-R. Coudevylle, E. Cassan, and L. Vivien: Polarization dependence of quantum-confined Stark effect in Ge/SiGe quantum well planar waveguides, Optics Lett. 36, 1794 (2011).
N. S. Köster, K. Kolata, R. Woscholski, C. Lange, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, H. von Känel, and S. Chatterjee: Giant dynamical Stark shift in germanium quantum wells, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 161103 (2011).
N. S. Köster, C. Lange, K. Kolata, S. Chatterjee, M. Schäfer, M. Kira, S. W. Koch, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, and H. Sigg: Ultrafast transient gain in Ge/SiGe quantum wells, phys. stat. sol. (c) 8, 1109 (2011).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, X. Le Roux, S. Edmond, E. Cassan, J.-R. Coudevylle, and L. Vivien: Ge/SiGe multiple quantum well photodiode with 30 GHz bandwidth, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 131112 (2011).
E. Gatti, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Room temperature photoluminescence of Ge multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich barriers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 031106 (2011).
T. Moiseev, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Plasma composition by mass spectrometry in a Ar-SiH4-H2 LEPECVD process during nc-Si deposition, Plasma Chem. Plasma Processing 31, 157 (2011).
S. Cecchi, F. Bottegoni, A. Ferrari, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and F. Ciccacci: Spin polarized photoemission from strained Ge epilayers grown by low-energy plasma-enhanced CVD (LEPECVD).In IEEE 8th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 83--85 (2011).
N. S. Köster, C. Lange, S. Chatterjee, H. Sigg, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, M. Schäfer, M. Kira, and S. W. Koch: Transient optical gain and carrier dynamics in Ge/SiGe quantum wells, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 7600, 76000B (2010).
A. Neels, A. Dommann, P. Niedermann, C. Farub, and H. von Känel: Advanced stress, strain and geometrical analysis in semiconductor devices, AIP Conf. Proc. 1300, 114 (2010).
R. Ferragut, A. Calloni, A. Dupasquier, and G. Isella: Defect characterization in SiGe/SOI epitaxial semiconductors by positron annihilation, Nanoscale Res. Lett. 5, 1942 (2010).
M. Bollani, E. Bonera, D. Chrastina, A. Fedorov, V. Montuori, A. Picco, A. Tagliaferri, G. Vanacore, and R. Sordan: Ordered arrays of SiGe islands from low-energy PECVD, Nanoscale Res. Lett. 5, 1917 (2010).
G. M. Vanacore, M. Zani, M. Bollani, D. Colombo, G. Isella, J. Osmond, R. Sordan, and A. Tagliaferri: Size evolution of ordered SiGe islands grown by surface thermal diffusion on pit-patterned Si(100) surface, Nanoscale Res. Lett. 5, 1921 (2010).
M. Bollani, D. Chrastina, A. Fedorov, R. Sordan, A. Picco, and E. Bonera: Ge-rich islands grown on patterned Si substrates by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition, Nanotechnology 21, 475302 (2010).
G. M. Vanacore, M. Zani, G. Isella, J. Osmond, M. Bollani, and A. Tagliaferri: Quantitative investigation of the influence of carbon surfactant on Ge surface diffusion and island nucleation on Si(100), Phys. Rev. B 82, 125456 (2010).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, X. Le Roux, E. Gatti, S. Edmond, J. Osmond, E. Cassan, and L. Vivien: Ge/SiGe quantum wells structures for optical modulation.In IEEE 7th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 63--65 (2010).
A. Picco, E. Bonera, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, M. Giarola, G. Mariotto, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Raman efficiency in SiGe alloys, Phys. Rev. B 82, 115317 (2010).
P. Chaisakul, D. Marris-Morini, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, X. L. Roux, E. Gatti, S. Edmond, J. Osmond, E. Cassan, and L. Vivien: Quantum-confined Stark effect measurements in Ge/SiGe quantum well structures, Optics Lett. 35, 2913 (2010).
A. Picco, E. Bonera, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, M. Giarola, G. Mariotto, and D. Chrastina: Determination of Raman efficiency in SiGe alloys, AIP Conf. Proc. 1267, 251 (2010).
L. Bagolini, A. Mattoni, G. Fugallo, L. Colombo, E. Poliani, S. Sanguinetti, and E. Grilli: Quantum confinement by an order-disorder boundary in nanocrystalline silicon, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 176803 (2010).
G. Matmon, D. J. Paul, L. Lever, M. Califano, Z. Ikonić, R. W. Kelsall, J. Zhang, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, E. Müller, and A. Neels: Si/SiGe quantum cascade superlattice designs for terahertz emission, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 053109 (2010).
C. Lange, N. S. Köster, S. Chatterjee, H. Sigg, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, B. Kunert, and W. Stolz: Comparison of ultrafast carrier thermalization in GaxIn1-xAs and Ge quantum wells, Phys. Rev. B 81, 045320 (2010).
S. Chatterjee, C. Lange, N. S. Köster, H. Sigg, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, M. Schäfer, M. Kira, and S. W. Koch: Optical gain and transient nonlinearities in Ge quantum wells.In IEEE 6th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 268--270 (2009).
M. Bollani, D. Chrastina, A. Fedorov, G. Isella, and R. Sordan: Patterning of Si substrates for Ge/Si(001) islands grown by low-energy plasma enhanced CVD, Proc. SPIE Nanotechnology IV 7364, 7364 0I (2009).
T. Moiseev, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, and C. Cavallotti: Langmuir probe plasma parameters and kinetic rates in a Ar--SiH4--H2 plasma during nc-Si films deposition for photovoltaic applications, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 225202 (2009).
C. Cavallotti, M. Rondanini, T. Moiseev, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: An investigation of the gas phase and surface chemistry active during the PECVD of nc-silicon: A detailed model of the gas phase and surface chemistry, ECS Transactions 25, 107 (2009).
T. Moiseev, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and C. Cavallotti: Plasma composition and kinetic reaction rates in a LEPECVD Ar-SiH4-H2 plasma during nc-Si films deposition for photovoltaic applications, ECS Transactions 25, 1065 (2009).
F. Pezzoli, E. Bonera, M. Bollani, S. Sanguinetti, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of temperature-dependent plastic relaxation of SiGe layers, Acta Phys. Pol. A 116, 78 (2009).
A. Trita, F. Bragheri, I. Cristiani, V. Degiorgio, D. Chrastina, D. Colombo, G. Isella, H. von Känel, F. Gramm, E. Müller, M. Döbeli, E. Bonera, R. Gatti, F. Pezzoli, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, and L. Miglio: Impact of misfit dislocations on wavefront distortion in Si/SiGe/Si optical waveguides, Opt. Commun. 282, 4716 (2009).
A. Calloni, R. Ferragut, F. Moia, A. Dupasquier, G. Isella, D. Marongiu, G. Norga, A. Federov, and D. Chrastina: Positron annihilation studies of defects in Si1-xGex/SOI heterostructures, phys. stat. sol. (c) 6, 2304 (2009).
R. Sordan, A. Miranda, F. Traversi, D. Colombo, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, M. Masserini, L. Miglio, K. Kern, and K. Balasubramanian: Vertical arrays of nanofluidic channels fabricated without nanolithography, Lab Chip 9, 1556 (2009).
E. Poliani, C. Somaschini, S. Sanguinetti, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, A. Le Donne, S. Binetti, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Tuning by means of laser annealing of electronic and structural properties of nc-Si/a-Si:H, Mat. Sci. Eng. B 159--160, 31 (2009).
C. Lange, N. S. Köster, S. Chatterjee, H. Sigg, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, M. Schäfer, M. Kira, and S. W. Koch: Ultrafast nonlinear optical response of photoexcited Ge/SiGe quantum wells: Evidence for a femtosecond transient population inversion, Phys. Rev. B 79, 201306(R) (2009).
M. Bonfanti, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, and H. Sigg: Direct-gap related optical transitions in Ge/SiGe quantum wells with Ge-rich barriers, Physica E 41, 972 (2009).
T. Moiseev, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and C. Cavallotti: Threshold ionization mass spectrometry in the presence of excited silane radicals, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 072003 (2009).
M. Virgilio, M. Bonfanti, D. Chrastina, A. Neels, G. Isella, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, G. Grosso, H. Sigg, and H. von Känel: Polarization-dependent absorption in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells: theory and experiment, Phys. Rev. B 79, 075323 (2009).
P. L. Novikov, A. Le Donne, S. Cereda, L. Miglio, S. Pizzini, S. Binetti, M. Rondanini, C. Cavallotti, D. Chrastina, T. Moiseev, H. von Känel, G. Isella, and F. Montalenti: Crystallinity and microstructure in Si films grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition: A simple atomic-scale model validated by experiments, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 051904 (2009).
F. Pezzoli, E. Bonera, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, S. Sanguinetti, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, E. Wintersberger, J. Stangl, and G. Bauer: Raman spectroscopy determination of composition and strain in Si1-xGex/Si heterostructures, Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 11, 279 (2008).
D. Chrastina, A. Neels, M. Bonfanti, M. Virgilio, G. Isella, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, G. Grosso, H. Sigg, and H. von Känel: Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells for optical applications.In IEEE 5th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 194--196 (2008).
J. Osmond, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, R. Kaufmann, and H. von Känel: High speed Ge photodetector integrated on silicon-on-insulator operating at very low bias voltage.In IEEE 5th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 164--166 (2008).
G. Isella, G. Matmon, A. Neels, E. Müller, M. Califano, D. Chrastina, H. von Känel, L. Lever, Z. Ikonić, R. W. Kelsall, and D. J. Paul: SiGe/Si quantum cascade structures deposited by low-energy plasma-enhanced CVD.In IEEE 5th Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 29--31 (2008).
J. Osmond, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, R. Kaufmann, and H. von Känel: Ge/Si (100) heterojunction photodiodes fabricated from material grown by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition, Thin Solid Films 517, 380 (2008).
D. J. Paul, G. Matmon, L. Lever, Z. Ikonić, R. W. Kelsall, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, E. Müller, and A. Neels: SiGe/Si bound-to-continuum terahertz quantum cascade emitters.In SiGe, Ge, and Related Compounds, 865--874 (2008).
S. L. Rumyantsev, K. Fobelets, D. Veksler, T. Hackbarth, and M. S. Shur: Strained-Si modulation doped field effect transistors as detectors of terahertz and sub-terahertz radiation, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 23, 105001 (2008).
M. Bonfanti, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, M. Virgilio, G. Grosso, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, and A. Neels: Optical transitions in Ge/SiGe multiple quantum wells with Ge-rich barriers, Phys. Rev. B 78, 041407(R) (2008).
R. Sordan, A. Miranda, J. Osmond, D. Colombo, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Gate-controlled rectifying barrier in a two-dimensional hole gas, Nanotechnology 19, 335201 (2008).
M. Rondanini, C. Cavallotti, D. Ricci, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, T. Moiseev, and H. von Känel: An experimental and theoretical investigation of a magnetically confined dc plasma discharge, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 013304 (2008).
A. Cavallini and D. Cavalcoli: Nanostructures in silicon investigated by atomic force microscopy and surface photovoltage spectroscopy, Scanning 30, 358 (2008).
D. J. Paul, G. Matmon, L. Lever, Z. Ikonić, R. W. Kelsall, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Si/SiGe bound-to-continuum quantum cascade terahertz emitters, Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 6996, 69961C (2008).
F. Pezzoli, E. Bonera, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, S. Sanguinetti, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, E. Wintersberger, J. Stangl, and G. Bauer: Phonon strain shift coefficients in Si1-xGex alloys, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 093521 (2008).
M. Stoffel, A. Malachias, T. Merdzhanova, F. Cavallo, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, H. von Känel, A. Rastelli, and O. G. Schmidt: SiGe wet chemical etchants with high compositional selectivity and low strain sensitivity, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 23, 085021 (2008).
A. Le Donne, S. Binetti, G. Isella, and S. Pizzini: Structural homogeneity of nc-Si films grown by Low-Energy PECVD, Electrochem. Solid St. 11, P5 (2008).
D. Cavalcoli, M. Rossi, A. Tomasi, A. Cavallini, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon thin films studied by scanning force microscopy, Solid State Phenom. 131--133, 547 (2008).
A. Cavallini, D. Cavalcoli, M. Rossi, A. Tomasi, S. Pizzini, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Defect analysis of hydrogenated nanocrystalline Si thin films, Physica B 401--402, 519 (2007).
A. Trita, I. Cristiani, V. Degiorgio, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Measurement of carrier lifetime and interface recombination velocity in Si-Ge waveguides, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 041112 (2007).
A. Trita, I. Cristiani, V. Degiorgio, M. Döbeli, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Measurement of the lifetime of photo-generated free carriers in SiGe waveguides, J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. 16, 207 (2007).
S. L. Rumyantsev, K. Fobelets, T. Hackbarth, and M. S. Shur: Low frequency noise in insulated-gate strained-Si n-channel modulation doped field effect transistors, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 46, 4011 (2007).
D. Colombo, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, S. Sanguinetti, S. Marchionna, M. Bonfanti, A. Fedorov, H. von Känel, G. Isella, and E. Müller: Analysis of strain relaxation by microcracks in epitaxial GaAs grown on Ge/Si substrates, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 103519 (2007).
M. Grydlik, P. Rauter, T. Fromherz, C. Falub, D. Gruetzmacher, G. Isella, and G. Bauer: Resonator fabrication for switchable two-color MIR detectors based on p-type SiGe quantum cascade injectors, AIP Conf. Proc. 893, 1411 (2007).
N. Zerounian, M. Enciso-Aguilar, T. Hackbarth, H.-J. Herzog, and F. Aniel: Modelling and measurements of the parasitic electrostatic capacitances in Si/SiGe n-HFET, Solid State Electron. 51, 449 (2007).
B. Rössner, H. von Känel, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and B. Batlogg: Effective mass measurement: the influence of hole band nonparabolicity in SiGe/Ge quantum wells, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 22, S191 (2007).
G. Isella, J. Osmond, M. Kummer, R. Kaufmann, and H. von Känel: Heterojunction photodiodes fabricated from Ge/Si (100) layers grown by low-energy plasma-enhanced CVD, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 22, S26 (2007).
M. Grydlik, P. Rauter, T. Fromherz, G. Bauer, C. Falub, D. Gruetzmacher, and G. Isella: Resonator fabrication for cavity enhanced, tunable Si/Ge quantum cascade detectors, Physica E 32, 313 (2006).
S. Tsujino, H. Sigg, G. Mussler, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Photocurrent and transmission spectroscopy of direct-gap interband transitions in Ge/SiGe quantum wells, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 262119 (2006).
F. Pezzoli, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, S. Sanguinetti, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, E. Wintersberger, J. Stangl, and G. Bauer: Strain-induced shift of phonon modes in Si1-xGex alloys, Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 9, 541 (2006).
B. Rössner, B. Batlogg, H. von Känel, D. Chrastina, and G. Isella: Hole band nonparabolicity and effective mass measurement in p-SiGe/Ge heterostructures, Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 9, 777 (2006).
A. Virtuani, S. Marchionna, M. Acciarri, G. Isella, and H. von Kaenel: Electron-beam-induced current imaging for the characterisation of structural defects in Si1-xGex films grown by LE-PECVD, Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 9, 798 (2006).
S. Marchionna, A. Virtuani, M. Acciarri, G. Isella, and H. von Kaenel: Defect imaging of SiGe strain relaxed buffers grown by LEPECVD, Mat. Sci. Semicond. Process. 9, 802 (2006).
D. Colombo, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, S. Sanguinetti, A. Fedorov, H. von Känel, and G. Isella: Study of thermal strain relaxation in GaAs grown on Ge/Si substrates, J. Lumin. 121, 375 (2006).
S. Pizzini, M. Acciarri, S. Binetti, D. Cavalcoli, A. Cavallini, D. Chrastina, L. Colombo, E. Grilli, G. Isella, M. Lancin, A. Le Donne, A. Mattoni, K. Peter, B. Pichaud, E. Poliani, M. Rossi, S. Sanguinetti, M. Texier, and H. von Känel: Nanocrystalline silicon films as multifunctional material for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications, Mat. Sci. Eng. B 134, 118 (2006).
R. Sordan, A. Miranda, J. Osmond, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Logic gates with a single Hall bar heterostructure, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 152122 (2006).
I. B. Berkutov, Y. F. Komnik, V. V. Andrievskii, O. A. Mironov, M. Myronov, and D. R. Leadley: Weak localization and charge-carrier interaction effects in a two-dimensional hole gas in a germanium quantum well in a SiGe/Ge/SiGe heterostructure, Low Temp. Phys. 32, 683 (2006).
B. Rössner, H. von Känel, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and B. Batlogg: 2-D hole gas with two-subband occupation in a strained Ge channel: Scattering mechanisms, Thin Solid Films 508, 351 (2006).
R. Ginige, B. Corbett, M. Modreanu, C. Barrett, J. Hilgarth, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Characterization of Ge-on-Si virtual substrates and single junction GaAs solar cells, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 21, 775 (2006).
R. Ginige, B. Corbett, J. Hilgarth, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Single junction GaAs solar cells on Ge virtual substrates grown directly on silicon by LEPECVD.In 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona (2005).
M. Enciso-Aguilar, P. Crozat, T. Hackbarth, H.-J. Herzog, and F. Aniel: Microwave noise performance and modeling of SiGe-based HFETs, IEEE T. Electron Dev. 52, 2409 (2005).
A. R. Khan, K. Mundboth, J. Stangl, G. Bauer, H. von Känel, A. Federov, G. Isella, and D. Colombo: X-ray investigation of thick epitaxial GaAs/InGaAs layers on Ge pseudosubstrates.In IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (2005).
B. Rössner, H. von Känel, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and B. Batlogg: Electron-electron interaction in p-SiGe/Ge quantum wells, Mat. Sci. Eng. B 124--125, 184 (2005).
F. Pezzoli, L. Martinelli, E. Grilli, M. Guzzi, S. Sanguinetti, M. Bollani, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, E. Wintersberger, J. Stangl, and G. Bauer: Raman spectroscopy of Si1-xGex epilayers, Mat. Sci. Eng. B 124--125, 127 (2005).
I. Sagnes, Y. Chriqui, G. Saint-Girons, S. Bouchoule, D. Bensahel, O. Kermarrec, G. Isella, and H. von Kaenel: InGaAs/GaAs sources monolithically grown by MOVPE on Ge/Si substrates.In IEEE 2nd Int. Conf. Group IV Photonics, 207--209 (2005).
D. Chrastina, B. Rössner, G. Isella, H. von Känel, J. P. Hague, T. Hackbarth, H.-J. Herzog, K.-H. Hieber, and U. König: LEPECVD -- a production technique for SiGe MOSFETs and MODFETs.In E. Zschech, C. Whelan, and T. Mikolajick (eds.), Materials for Information Technology, 17--29. Springer (2005).
G. Gabetta, C. Flores, R. Campesato, C. Casale, G. Timó, G. Smekens, J. Vanbegin, H. von Kanel, and G. Isella: SJ and TJ GaAs concentrator solar cells on Si virtual wafers.In Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 850--853 (2005).
D. Chrastina, G. Isella, M. Bollani, B. Rössner, E. Müller, T. Hackbarth, E. Wintersberger, Z. Zhong, J. Stangl, and H. von Känel: Thin relaxed SiGe virtual substrates grown by low--energy plasma--enhanced chemical vapor deposition, J. Cryst. Growth 281, 281 (2005).
G. Nicholas, T. J. Grasby, E. H. C. Parker, T. E. Whall, D. J. Paul, A. G. R. Evans, and H. von Känel: Investigation of the injection velocity of holes in strained Si pMOSFETs, Semicond. Sci. Technol. 20, L20 (2005).
M. Cantoni, M. Riva, G. Isella, R. Bertacco, and F. Ciccacci: Fe thin films grown on single-crystal and virtual Ge(001) substrates, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 093906 (2005).
Y. Chriqui, G. Saint-Girons, G. Isella, H. von Kaenel, S. Bouchoule, and I. Sagnes: Long wavelength room temperature laser operation of a strained InGaAs/GaAs quantum well structure monolithically grown by metalorganic chemical vapour deposition on a low energy-plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition graded misoriented Ge/Si virtual substrate, Opt. Mater. 27, 846 (2005).
A. Marzegalli, F. Montalenti, and L. Miglio: Stability of shuffle and glide dislocation segments with increasing misfit in Ge/Si1-xGex(001) epitaxial layers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 041912 (2005).
D. Chrastina: Comment on “Smooth relaxed Si0.75Ge0.25 layers on Si(001) via in situ rapid thermal annealing”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5469 (2004).
H. von Känel, D. Chrastina, B. Rössner, G. Isella, J. P. Hague, and M. Bollani: High mobility SiGe heterostructures fabricated by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Microelectron. Eng. 76, 278 (2004).
A. Marzegalli, F. Montalenti, M. Bollani, L. Miglio, G. Isella, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Relaxed SiGe heteroepitaxy on Si with very thin buffer layers: experimental LEPECVD indications and an interpretation based on strain-dependent dislocation nature, Microelectron. Eng. 76, 289 (2004).
D. Chrastina, G. Isella, B. Rössner, M. Bollani, E. Müller, T. Hackbarth, and H. von Känel: High quality SiGe electronic material grown by low energy plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition, Thin Solid Films 459, 37 (2004).
F. Sánchez-Almazán, E. Napolitani, A. Carnera, A. V. Drigo, M. Berti, J. Stangl, Z. Zhong, G. Bauer, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Ge quantification of high Ge content relaxed buffer layers by RBS and SIMS, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Rev. B 226, 301 (2004).
F. Sánchez-Almazán, E. Napolitani, A. Carnera, A. V. Drigo, G. Isella, H. von Känel, and M. Berti: Matrix effects in sims depth profiles of sige relaxed buffer layers, Appl. Surf. Sci. 231-232, 704 (2004).
G. Isella, D. Chrastina, B. Rössner, T. Hackbarth, H.-J. Herzog, U. König, and H. von Känel: Low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition for strained Si and Ge heterostructures and devices, Solid State Electron. 48, 1317 (2004).
M. Enciso Aguilar, M. Rodriguez, N. Zerounian, F. Aniel, T. Hackbarth, H.-J. Herzog, U. König, S. Mantl, B. Holländer, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, H. von Känel, K. Lyutovich, and M. Oehme: Strained Si HFETs for microwave applications: state-of-the-art and further approaches, Solid State Electron. 48, 1443 (2004).
B. Rössner, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Scattering mechanisms in high-mobility strained Ge channels, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 3058 (2004).
L. Martinelli, A. Marzegalli, P. Raiteri, M. Bollani, F. Montalenti, L. Miglio, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Formation of strain-induced Si-rich and Ge-rich nanowires at misfit dislocations in SiGe: A model supported by photoluminescence data, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2895 (2004).
M. Bollani, E. Müller, G. Isella, S. Signoretti, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Dislocation density and structure in Si1-xGex buffer layers deposited by LEPECVD, Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 180, 247 (2004).
D. Chrastina, J. P. Hague, and D. R. Leadley: Application of Bryan's algorithm to the mobility spectrum analysis of semiconductor devices, J. Appl. Phys. 94, 6583 (2003).
T. Hackbarth, H.-J. Herzog, K.-H. Hieber, U. König, M. Bollani, D. Chrastina, and H. von Känel: Reduced self-heating in Si/SiGe field-effect transistors on thin virtual substrates prepared by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 5464 (2003).
Y. Chriqui, G. Saint-Girons, S. Bouchoule, J.-M. Moisons, G. Isella, H. von Kaenel, and I. Sagnes: Room temperature laser operation of strained InGaAs/GaAs structure monolithically grown by MOCVD on LE-PECVD Ge/Si virtual substrate, Electron. Lett. 39, 1658 (2003).
S. G. Thomas, S. Bharatan, R. E. Jones, R. Thoma, T. Zirkle, N. V. Edwards, R. Liu, X. D. Wang, Q. Xie, C. Rosenblad, J. Ramm, G. Isella, and H. von Känel: Structural characterization of thick, high-quality epitaxial Ge on Si substrates grown by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, J. Electron. Mater. 32, 976 (2003).
P. Abele, M. Zeuner, I. Kallfass, J. Müller, H. L. Hiwilepo, T. Hackbarth, D. Chrastina, H. von Känel, U. König, and H. Schumacher: 32 GHz MMIC distributed amplifier based on N-channel SiGe MODFETs, Electron. Lett. 39, 1448 (2003).
M. Bollani, E. Müller, S. Signoretti, C. Beeli, G. Isella, M. Kummer, and H. von Känel: Compressively strained Ge channels on relaxed SiGe buffer layers, Mat. Sci. Eng. B 101, 102 (2003).
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R. E. Jones, S. G. Thomas, S. Bharatan, R. Thoma, C. Jasper, T. Zirkle, N. V. Edwards, R. Liu, X. D. Wang, Q. Xie, C. Rosenblad, J. Ramm, G. Isella, H. von Känel, J. Oh, and J. C. C. Campbell: Fabrication and modeling of gigahertz photodetectors in heteroepitaxial Ge-on-Si using a graded buffer layer deposited by low energy plasma enhanced CVD.In Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2002, International, 793--796 (2002).
H. von Känel, M. Kummer, G. Isella, E. Müller, and T. Hackbarth: Very high hole mobilities in modulation-doped Ge quantum wells grown by low-energy plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2922 (2002).
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