Noncontact semiconductor wafer characterization with the terahertz Hall effect

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Mittleman, DM
Cunningham, J
Nuss, MC
Geva, M
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,LUCENT TECHNOL,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
[2] LUCENT TECHNOL MICROELECT,BREINIGSVILLE,PA 18031
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10.1063/1.119456
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We demonstrate noncontact measurements of the Hall mobility of doped semiconductor wafers with roughly 250 mu m spatial resolution, using polarization rotation of focused beams of terahertz (THz) radiation in the presence of a static magnetic field. Quantitative and independent images of both carrier density and mobility of a doped semiconductor wafer have been obtained. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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