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This volume contains papers presented during the US-Japan seminar on "Solid Phase Epitaxy and Interface Kinetics" held in Oiso, Japan, June 20-24, 1983. This seminar was co-sponsored by the National Science Foun dation and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and co-chaired by Professor S. Furukawa, Tokyo Insitute of Technology, and Professor J. W. Mayer, Cornell University. Extensive topics such as solid phase epitaxy, growth mechanisms and interface kinetics, silicon-on-insulator structures, silicide-on-Si sturctures, novel nanometer and layered devices, and so on were discussed and more than 50 papers were presented. Most papers were original ones with brief reviews added for the convenience of the readers at the editor's request. The editor classified these papers into two groups and compiled two volumes; "Silicon-on-Insulator (SOl): Its Technology and Applications" and "Layered Structures and Interface Kinetics: Their Technology and Ap plications". This volume mainly contains the papers related to epitaxial growth of metal, insulator and semiconductor films, growth mechanisms, interface kinetics, properties and applications of silicide films, and novel nanometer and layered devices. These papers offer basic properties of the layered structures and possibility of various applications of the structures to present and future semiconductor devices. The editor is indebted to our fellow contributors who agreed to par take in publishing the proceedings of the seminar, to Japanese principal par ticipants of the seminar for encouraging him to have the seminar and to compile these volumes, to Professor H. Ishiwara for his secretarial work throughout the seminar and the publication.
List of contents
1: Laser and Electron-Beam Recrystallization.- Growth Mechanisms and Defects in Si Layers Grown on SiO2 by Bridging (Lateral Seeded) Epitaxy.- Laser Crystallization of Polycrystalline Silicon by Controlling Lateral Thermal Profile.- Electron Beam Recrystallized SOI Structures.- Recrystallization of SOI Structures by Split Laser Beam.- Nucleation and Crystal Growth Characteristics in Energy Beam Crystallization of Silicon Islands.- Recrystallization of Silicon on Insulator with a Heat-Sink Structure.- Recrystallization of Polycrystalline Si over SiO2 through Strip Electron-Beam Irradiation.- 2: Zone Melting Recrystallization.- Zone-Melting Recrystallization of Si Films on SiO2.- Optically-Heated Zone Crystal Growth of Silicon Thin Films on Amorphous Substrates.- Recrystallization of Polycrystalline Silicon on Fused Silica Using an RF-Heated Carbon Susceptor.- Strip Heater Recrystallized SOI Structures.- Single Crystal Germanium Island Formation on Insulator by Zone Melting.- 3: Solid Phase Epitaxy.- Modeling of Interface Atomic Arrangement for Analysis of Solid Phase Epitaxy and Si-on-Insulator Structure.- Lateral Solid Phase Epitaxy of Evaporated Amorphous Si Films onto SiO2 Patterns.- Formation of a Silicon-on-Insulator Structure by Solid-Phase Epitaxy.- Characterization of Solid Phase Epitaxially Grown Si Films on SiO2.- 4: Characterization and Device Applications.- Microstructural Characterization of Silicon-on-Insulator Structures.- High Speed SOI-CMOS Devices by Laser Recrystallization Technique.- Characterization of SOI Double Si Active Layers through Fabrication of Elementary Devices.- Device Application of SIMOX (Separation by IMplanted OXygen) Structure.- Author Index.
