FABRICATION OF GAAS NANOSTRUCTURES WITH A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

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SNOW, ES
CAMPBELL, PM
SHANABROOK, BV
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[1] Naval Research Laboratory, Washington
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10.1063/1.110129
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A method for fabricating GaAs nanostructures with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is presented. Utilizing a previously developed Si STM fabrication technique, the STM is used to pattern a thin (5 nm) epitaxial Si layer which is grown on GaAs. The patterned Si layer is used as a mask for wet etching the GaAs. This fabrication technique is quite general and should extend to other material systems provided a surface epitaxial Si layer can be grown.
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