@misc{LupinaSchroederDabrowskietal., author = {Lupina, Grzegorz and Schroeder, Thomas and Dabrowski, Jarek Marek and Schmeißer, Dieter and Hoffmann, Patrick}, title = {Praseodymium silicate layers with atomically abrupt interface on Si(100)}, series = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {87}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, number = {5}, issn = {0003-6951}, pages = {S. 092901}, language = {en} } @article{LupinaSchroederSchmeisseretal., author = {Lupina, Grzegorz and Schroeder, Thomas and Schmeißer, Dieter and Dabrowski, Jarek Marek}, title = {Praseodymium Silicate Films on Si(100) for Gate Dielectric Applications: Physical and Electrical Characterization}, language = {en} } @misc{SchmeisserMuellerSeifarthetal., author = {Schmeißer, Dieter and M{\"u}ller, S. and Seifarth, Olaf and Dabrowski, Jarek Marek and M{\"u}ssig, Hans-Joachim and Schroeder, Thomas}, title = {On the band gaps and electronic structure of thin single crystalline praseodymium oxide layers on Si(111)}, series = {Journal of vacuum science \& technology / B}, volume = {27}, journal = {Journal of vacuum science \& technology / B}, number = {1}, pages = {271 -- 276}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SeifarthWilkeWalczyketal., author = {Seifarth, Olaf and Wilke, A. and Walczyk, Christian and Dabrowski, Jarek Marek and Zaumseil, Peter and Schmeißer, Dieter and M{\"u}ssig, Hans-Joachim and Schroeder, Thomas}, title = {Band gap and electronic structure determination with XAS and UPS of thin Pr-oxide films on Si(111)}, series = {Proceedings of 15th Workshop on Dielectrics in Microelectronics, Bad Saarow, 23 - 25 June 2008, Bad Saarow (Berlin)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of 15th Workshop on Dielectrics in Microelectronics, Bad Saarow, 23 - 25 June 2008, Bad Saarow (Berlin)}, pages = {285 -- 286}, language = {en} } @misc{NiuZaumseilSchubertetal., author = {Niu, Gang and Zaumseil, Peter and Schubert, Markus Andreas and Z{\"o}llner, Marvin Hartwig and Dabrowski, Jarek Marek and Schroeder, Thomas}, title = {Lattice-matched single crystalline ternary PrxY2-xO3 films on SrO-passivated Si (001): interface engineering and crystallography tailoring}, series = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {102}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, pages = {011906-1 -- 011906-5}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{DudekLupinaKozłowskietal., author = {Dudek, Peter and Lupina, Grzegorz and Kozłowski, Grzegorz and Dabrowski, Jarek Marek and Lippert, Gunther and M{\"u}ssig, Hans-Joachim and Schmeißer, Dieter and Schroeder, Thomas}, title = {Band structure and electrical properties of MBE grown HfO2 - based alkaline earth perovskites}, series = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Reihe 6, Bd. 45}, booktitle = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Reihe 6, Bd. 45}, publisher = {Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft}, address = {Bad Honnef}, issn = {0420-0195}, pages = {S. 232}, abstract = {Ultra thin dielectric films (<20 nm) deposited on TiN electrodes are interesting for MIM capacitor application. High capacitance density and dielectric permittivity must be accompanied by extremely low leakage currents (10-8 A/cm2) at bias 0.5 V. To achieve such low leakage currents, high band gap and proper band alignment is required. Occupied electronic states can be probed with standard laboratory photoemission methods. Probing of unoccupied states is more challenging. Synchrotron based PES in combination with XAS forms a powerful method to study the band alignment. ASAM end station located at the U 49/2 PGM 2 beamline of BESSY II (Berlin) offers excellent conditions for performing such measurements. We investigated HfO2 - based alkaline earth perovskite - BaHfO3 with subsequent admixture of TiO2, resulting in formation of BaHf0.5Ti0.5O3 compound. The analysis of data indicates that band gap for HfO2 is similar to BaHfO3 and amounts 5.8 eV; for BaHf0.5Ti0.5O3 it decreases to 3.8 eV. We conclude that the addition of TiO2 to BaHfO3 increases significantly the dielectric permittivity but also impacts the band gap alignment. The conduction band offset shrinks, influencing the leakage current behavior.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{LupinaSchroederDabrowskietal., author = {Lupina, Grzegorz and Schroeder, Thomas and Dabrowski, Jarek Marek and Schmeißer, Dieter and M{\"u}ssig, Hans-Joachim}, title = {Ti-doping of Pr silicate layers for high-k dielectrics applications}, series = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft}, booktitle = {Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft}, publisher = {Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft}, address = {Bad Honnef}, abstract = {Near-term downscaling of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) requires the replacement of the SiO2 gate oxide with a material having a higher dielectric constant. Recent studies indicate that silicate materials are the most promising candidates; among them are Pr silicates. Applying a combination of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), electrical measurements (C-V), and ab initio calculations, we investigated the effect of thin Ti doping on the structural and electrical properties of the gate stacks composed of a Pr silicate film and a SiO2-based interfacial buffer layer. Metallic Ti was deposited at room temperature after the formation of the Pr silicate dielectric. The resulting layered structures were annealed under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) at various temperatures between 70∘C and 880∘C. XPS indicates that the evaporated layer preserves its metallic character over the whole range of UHV annealing temperatures. Synchrotron radiation XPS at BESSY II shows that large amounts of Ti atoms incorporated into the Pr silicate remain metallic even after air exposure at room temperature. Annealing in nitrogen ambient at 300∘C leads to the oxidation of these atoms so that a mixed Pr:Ti silicate is formed. We show that the so formed dielectrics exhibit an improved equivalent oxide thickness and a reduced density of interface states.}, language = {en} }