Browsing by Author "Qasrawi, Atef F."

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Al/Moo_{3< Broken Gap Tunneling Hybrid Devices Design for Ir Laser Sensing and Microwave Filtering}
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2020) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Khanfar, Hazem K.
Herein the design of broken gap heterojunction devices made of molybdenum trioxide and zinc phthalocyanine coated onto Al substrates are reported. The devices which are prepared by the thermal evaporation technique under vacuum pressure of 10(-5) mbar are observed to exhibit a conduction and valence band offsets of 3.36 and 3.56 eV, respectively. The heterojunction devices are observed to form a subband gap of 0.66 eV between the valence bands edges of p- ZnPc and conduction bands edges of p-MoO3 leading to a p(+)/n(+) heterojunction type. Analysis of the current-voltage characteristics of the devices has shown that it exhibits tunneling diode characteristics with maximum tunneling barriers of width of similar to 45 nm. The device displayed biasing dependent photosensitivity in response to 850 nm laser lights. In addition to its characteristics as MOS device, when it was imposed with ac signals in the frequency domain of 0.01-1.80 GHz, it displayed resonance-antiresonancephenomena accompanied with negative capacitance effect in the studied range of spectra. The analysis of the alternating current (ac) electrical conductivity has shown that the ac conduction is mostly governed by quantum mechanical tunneling assisted with correlated barriers hopping. The laser light photosensitivity, the negative capacitance effect, the capacitance switching within 100 ns and the bandpass characteristics with notch frequency of 1.24 GHz make the Al/MoO3/ZnPc/Al attractive for use as IR sensors, parasitic capacitance cancellers, fast capacitance switches and microwave bandpass filters.
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Analysis of the Junction Properties of C/Gase_{0.5< Back-To Schottky-Type Photodetectors}
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2015) Khanfar, Hazem K.; Qasrawi, Atef F.; Gasanly, Nizami M.
In this paper, a C/GaSe0.5S0.5/C metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector is suggested and described. The device is explored by means of current-voltage and capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics under different photoexcitation intensities. It was observed that the design of the back-to-back Schottky device has reduced the dark current of the normal Ag/GaSe0.5S0.5/C Schottky diode by 13 times and increased the photosensitivity from 3.8 to similar to 2.1x10(3). The device exhibited a barrier height of 0.842 eV in the dark. The barrier height is reduced via photoexcitation. In addition, the C/GaSe0.5S0.5/C device exhibited an ON/OFF switching property from low injection OFF to high injection ON at specific biasing voltages. This voltage decreased with the increasing illumination intensity. On the other hand, the C-V characteristics of the device, which was recorded for an ac input signal with 100 MHz at different levels of photoexcitation shifted up when the intensity of light was increased. When the same measurement was repeated at signal frequency of 1.6 GHz, the C-V characteristics reflected a different level of capacitance response. These features of C/GaSe0.5S0.5/C photodetectors nominate the device to be used as multipurpose optical switches being suitable to store different levels of electromagnetic energy at microwave frequencies.
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Band Offsets, Optical Conduction, and Microwave Band Filtering Characteristics of Γ-in₂se_{3< Heterojunctions}
(Wiley-v C H verlag Gmbh, 2020) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Kmail, Reham R.
Herein, the design and experimental characterization of gamma-In2Se3/CuO interfaces are considered. Thin films of gamma-In(2)Se(3)are coated with thin layers of CuO at room temperature. The heterojunction device is structurally, morphologically, and optically characterized. It is observed that the coating of CuO onto gamma-In(2)Se(3)engenders the formation of CuSe(2)at the ultrathin interface. The gamma-In2Se3/CuO heterojunctions exhibit maximum possible conduction and valence band offsets of values 0.47 and 0.96 eV, respectively. The dielectric spectra display two dielectric resonance peaks at 2.96 and 1.78 eV. In addition, analyses of the optical conductivity spectra reveal accurate drift mobility and plasmon frequency values of 31.31 cm(2) Vs(-1)and 1.5 GHz, respectively. The ability of the device to control the signal propagation at gigahertz level is experimentally tested by the impedance spectroscopy technique which proved the ability of the device to behave as bandpass filters of notch frequency of 1.49 GHz. The gamma-In2Se3/CuO heterojunction devices are also observed to display terahertz cutoff frequency values of approximate to 24 THz in the infrared (IR) range of incident photon energy and approximate to 193 THz in the ultraviolet light range. The nonlinear optical performance of the device nominates it for use as terahertz/gigahertz band filters.
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Design and Applications of Al/Inse Hybrid Device
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2015) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Khanfar, Hazem K.
In this paper, a hybrid device made of Ag/BN Schottky barrier and anisotype InSe/BN heterojunction is designed and characterized. The design of the energy band diagram of the device revealed a valance band splitting at the InSe/BN interface and a barrier height at the Ag/BN junction of 3.04 and 6.49 eV, respectively. These parameters which were designed to force current conduction by tunneling were experimentally confirmed by the dark I-V characteristics which revealed an electric field assisted tunneling process. The hybrid device exhibited high/low current switching property at Vs = 2.60 V when forward biased. When the device was exposed to 850-nm lasers light, Vs regularly increased with increasing light power indicating the applicability of these devices as IR photodetectors. In addition, when it was used as capacitor and depleted with signal of frequency of 0.1 GHz and varying amplitude it showed good energy storing property with a quality factor of similar to 200. On the other hand, when the hybrid device was used as microwave resonator it behaves like bandstop filter that blocks signals of various notch frequencies in the range of 1.58-2.30 GHz. The features of the device are promising as they indicate the applicability of the Al/InSe/BN/Ag in communication technology.
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Design and Applications of Yb/Ga_{2< Schottky Barriers}
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2017) Khanfar, Hazem K.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Qasrawi, Atef F.; Zakarneh, Yasmeen A.; Gasanly, N. M.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
In this paper, the Ga2Se3 crystals are used to design a Yb/Ga2Se3/C Schottky barrier. The device structure is investigated by the X-ray diffraction technique, which reveals a monoclinic-face-centered cubic interfacing type of structure. The barrier is studied by means of current (I)-voltage (V) characteristics in the dark and under light through photoexcitation from tungsten lamp and from the He-Ne laser. In addition, the impedance spectroscopy of these devices is studied in the frequency range of 10-1400 MHz. The photoexcited I-V curve analysis allowed investigating the biasing voltage, illumination power, and energy effects on the diode physical parameters, which are presented by the rectification ratio, the Schottky barrier height, the ideality factor, the series resistance, the photosensitivity, the responsivity, and the external quantum efficiency (EQE). While a maximum photosensitivity of 42 was observed for laser excitation with a wavelength of 632 nm at a reverse bias of 4.4 V, the EQE reached value of 1652% at 19.0 V. On the other hand, the ac current conduction analysis of the electrical conductivity, which was determined from the impedance spectral analysis, indicated that the ac signal processing through the Yb/Ga2Se3/C samples is due to the correlated hopping conduction through localized states of Fermi density of 3.98 x 10(19) eV(-1) cm(-3). The high-and biasing-dependent EQE% nominates the Yb/Ga2Se3/C as a tunable optoelectronic device.
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Dielectric Dispersion at the Mn/Znpc Interfaces
(Wiley-v C H verlag Gmbh, 2020) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Zyoud, Hadeel M.
Herein, the effects of manganese transparent (150 nm) substrates on the structural, nonlinear optical, and dielectric properties of zinc phthalocyanine are explored. ZnPc thin films are observed to exhibit deformed crystal structure associated with remarkable enhancement in the light absorbability by 21 times at 2.62 eV and by 173 times in the near-infrared (NIR) region of light upon replacement of glass by transparent Mn substrates. The Mn layer also causes a redshift in the energy bandgap, allows generation of free carrier absorption process and increases the dielectric constant by more than 169% in the NIR region. The interaction between the manganese substrates with the organic ZnPc thin layers decreases the free holes density, widens the plasmon frequency range, and improves the drift mobility of holes. The nonlinear dielectric response with the highly improved light absorbability in the NIR range of light nominates the Mn/ZnPc thin films for optoelectronic applications.
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Energy Band Diagram and Current Transport Mechanism in P-mgo/N-ga_4<
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2015) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Gasanly, N. M.
A p-n heterojunction made of MgO and Ga4Se3S single crystal has been successfully produced. The current-voltage curve analysis has shown that the current conduction mechanism is mostly governed by the Richardson-Schottky mechanism. The width of the effective interface region of the p-n junction was found to be 3.72x10(-5)cm. The work function and the electron affinity of the Ga4Se3S crystals were also determined as 4.32 and 3.96 eV, respectively. On the other hand, the capacitance-voltage curve analysis, which was carried out in the power range that extends from Bluetooth to WLAN power outputs, reflected a built-in voltage of 0.48 eV and density of noncompensated carriers of 8.2 x 10(16)cm(-3). The device is observed to exhibit a wide range of negative resistance associated with the tunneling of charged particles at reverse biasing down to similar to 1.28 V. At that voltage, when exposed to a He-Ne laser beam of similar to 3 mW, the device reflected a responsivity of similar to 80. The charge storability increased and the I-V characteristics are significantly shifted. These properties are promising because it indicates the applicability of these tunneling devices in optoelectronics.
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Enhancement of Nonlinear Optical and Dielectric Properties of Cu₂o Films Sandwiched With Indium Slabs
(Wiley-v C H verlag Gmbh, 2020) Omar, Ahmad; Qasrawi, Atef F.
In this work, the effects of the insertion of indium slabs of thickness 100 nm on the performance of stacked layers of Cu2O are reported. Cu2O/In/Cu2O thin films coated onto ultrasonically cleaned glass substrates are structurally, morphologically, optically, and dielectrically studied. The glassy films of Cu2O display larger, well-ordered grains in an amorphous sea of Cu2O upon insertion of indium slabs between layers of Cu2O. Optically, the indium slabs increase the light absorbability in the IR region by 12.5 times, narrow the energy bandgap, and widen the energy band tails region. They also enhance the nonlinearity in the dielectric response and increase the dielectric constant values by 2.5 times. In addition, the optical conductivity parameters are obtained from the fittings of the dielectric spectra. The analyses reveal an enhancement in the drift mobility, plasmon frequency, and free carrier density via stacking of the indium layer between layers of Cu2O. The drift mobility and plasmon frequency values reach 232.4 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) and 3.95 GHz at a reduced hole-plasmon frequency value of 6.0 x 10(14) Hz (2.48 eV). The values are promising as they indicate the applicability of Cu2O/In/Cu2O interfaces in optoelectronics as thin film transistors and electromagnetic wave cavities.
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Enhancements of Light Absorbability, Optical Conductivity, and Terahertz Cutoff Frequency in Stacked Layers of Selenium Via Ag Nanoslabs Sandwiching
(Wiley-v C H verlag Gmbh, 2019) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Abu Al Rob, Osama H.
Herein, the effects of insertion of Ag layer of thickness of 100 nm between two stacked layers of selenium are investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and optical spectrophotometry techniques. While the structural analysis shows the amorphous nature of growth of the stacked layers of Se, the morphology analysis shows the formation of nanorods and nanowires that exhibit lengths and diameters in the ranges of 1.5-2.5 mu m and 36-146 nm, respectively. The optical spectroscopy analysis shows that the presence of Ag between stacked layers of selenium enhances the light absorbability, increases the optical conductivity, and widens the range of the terahertz cutoff frequency. In addition, Ag layers increase the drift mobility from 15.07 to 35.64 cm(2) Vs(-1) and extend the plasmon frequency domain of stacked layers of selenium from 0.45-5.60 to 0.62-5.90 GHz. The calculated optical conductivity parameters and the spectral analysis of the terahertz cutoff frequency that vary in the range of 0.35-13.20 THz indicate the applicability of the Ag sandwiched selenium stacked layers as terahertz cavities suitable for visible-light communications as band-pass filters.
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Impedance Spectroscopic Analysis of the Inse/Znse Interface
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2017) Al Garni, Sabah E.; Qasrawi, Atef F.
In this paper, n-InSe/p-ZnSe/n-InSe (npn) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are deposited onto cubic (111)-oriented Ag, Au, and Al thin-film substrates. The properties of the structures are explored by means of X-ray diffraction and impedance spectroscopy in the frequency range of 10-1800 MHz. Although the Ag, Au, and Al substrates are observed to be well aligned with the cubic ZnSe, the electrical properties of these TFT for the np (InSe/ZnSe) and npn interfaces are different. Namely, while the capacitance of the TFT deposited onto the Ag substrate exhibited positive values, the capacitance of the TFT deposited onto Au and Al films is negative in the range of 10-1100 and 800-1800 MHz, respectively. In addition, even though the impedance of the Ag/np/Ag and Ag/npn/Ag heterojunction monotonically decreasedwith the increasing frequency, the impedance of Au/np/Au and Au/npn/Au interfaces exhibited resonance peaks at 1211 and 1148 MHz, respectively. When the wave trap features are read from reflection spectra, it is observed that the Ag/npn/Ag and the Al/np/Ag exhibit lowpass filter properties and the Au/npn/Au behaves as a bandstop filter at a notch frequency of 1176 MHz. These properties nominate the npn transistors for use as microwave traps and as high-speed CMOS amplifiers.
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Mgo/Gase_{0.5< Heterojunction as Photodiodes and Microwave Resonators}
(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2016) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Khanfar, Hazem K.; Gasanly, N. M.
In this paper, a multifunctional operating optoelectronic device that suits visible light (VLC) and microwave communication systems is designed and characterized. The device which is composed of p-type MgO and n-type GaSe0.5S0.5 heterojunction is characterized by means of optical absorbance in the incident light energy (E) region of 3.5-1.1 eV, dark and illuminated current (I)-voltage (V) characteristics, and impedance spectra in the frequency range of 1M-1.8 GHz. Four types of lasers which generate light of wavelengths 406, 632, 850, and 1550 nm are used to excite the active region of the device. The device was also illuminated by non-monochromatic light. The incident light power was varied in the range of 1.12-10.17 mu W. It was observed that the heterojunction exhibits an optical energy bandgap (E-g) of 1.85 eV. For laser excitation with E > Eg, the photosensitivity (S) exceeds 67 while it is less than unity for excitations with E < Eg. These behaviors are assigned to the intrinsic and extrinsic nature of absorption, respectively. In addition, S increases as a result of energy barrier height lowering with increasing light power. On the other hand, when the device was excited with ac signal, the capacitance and impedance of the device displayed a resonance-antiresonance property associated with negative differential resistance and very high signal quality factor (10(3)) above 1.37 GHz. The bandwidth of the two resonance-antiresonance peaks is 319 and 12.6 MHz at 1.475 and 1.649 GHz, respectively. These results are attractive for using the heterojunction in VLC and microwave communication technologies.
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P-tlgases/N-bn Heterojunction as a Microwave Filter and as a Photovoltaic Device
(Wiley-v C H verlag Gmbh, 2015) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Omar, Ahmad; Azamtta, Ala' M.; Gasanly, Nizami M.
In this work, a p-n junction made of p-type TlGaSeS and n-type boron nitride (BN) is investigated and characterized. The bilayer was studied by means of capacitance-voltage characteristics, current-voltage characteristics and Bode signal and photovoltaic effect diagnostics. It was observed that the pTlGaSeS/n-BN bilayer exhibits negative capacitance values in the frequency range of 30-80 MHz. For an ac signal of 30 MHz, the built-in voltage and density of noncompensating carriers for the device are found to 1.06 eV and 1.72 x 10(12) cm(-3), respectively. The characteristic Bode curve analysis indicated that the bilayer behaves as a lowpass microwave filter that blocks all signals of frequencies larger than 1.28 GHz. The time constant for this device is 124 ps. In addition, the p-TlGaSeS/n-BN junction exhibited a well-pronounced photovoltaic effect. The device showed switching properties from low to high-current injection at a particular switching voltage. The switching voltage is sensitive to the light energy and intensity. It decreased systematically with increasing light intensity and energy. The device responsivity is similar to 7.64mAW(-1). The filtering and photovoltaic properties of the device suggest its use as an optoelectronic switch and as a microwave filter being suitable for multipurpose operations. (C) 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Pseudodielectric Dispersion in As₂se_{3< Thin Films}
(Wiley-v C H verlag Gmbh, 2020) Kayed, Tarek S.; Kayed, Tarek Said; Qasrawi, Atef F.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Kayed, Tarek Said; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Herein, X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and spectral ellipsometry techniques are used to investigate the structural, pseudo-optical, and pseudodielectric properties of arsenic selenide thin films. The stoichiometric films which are prepared by the thermal evaporation technique are found to prefer the amorphous nature of growth. While the pseudoabsorption coefficient spectra display strong absorption bands at 1.84, 1.81, 1.41, and 1.13 eV, the preferred pseudo-optical transitions happen within a direct forbidden energy bandgap of 1.80 eV. In addition, the real part of the pseudodielectric spectra displays three strong resonance peaks at critical energy values of 2.33, 1.90, and 1.29 eV. Modeling of the imaginary part of the pseudodielectric constant spectra in accordance with the Drude-Lorentz approach results in the existence of six linear oscillators. The response of arsenic selenide to elliptically polarized light signals shows that the films exhibit drift mobility, free electron concentration, and plasmon frequency values in the ranges of 0.21-43.96 cm(2) V(-1)s(-1), 1.90-58.0 x 10(19) cm(-3), and 5.8-32.0 GHz, respectively. The optical conductivity parameters for As2Se3 film nominate it as a promising candidate for the fabrication of tunneling diodes suitable for microwaves filtering up to 32.0 GHz and as thin-film transistors.
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Thickness Effects on the Dielectric Dispersion and Optical Conductivity Parameters of Cuo Thin Films
(Wiley, 2020) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Hamamdah, Alaa A.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
In this article, the effect of film thickness on the structural, optical, dielectric, and optical conductivity parameters of CuO thin films are reported. CuO thin films which are prepared by the physical vapor deposition technique under vacuum pressure of 10(-5) mbar with various thicknesses in the range of 50 to 1000 nm are observed to exhibit amorphous nature of growth. The values of the energy bands gaps, the spectral response of the dielectric constant and of the optical conductivity parameters are highly sensitive to the film thickness. Particularly, while the 50 nm thick CuO films exhibits quantum confinement which forces the material to have wide band gap (2.70 eV), the thicker films display an energy band gap in the infrared range of spectrum. It was also observed that the thicker the films, the more pronounced the nonlinear dielectric response. In addition, analysis of the optical conductivity parameters using Drude-Lorentz approach for optical conduction has shown that the 50 nm thick films can display drift mobility value of 4.65 cm(2)/Vs accompanied with plasmon frequency of 1.20 GHz and free carrier density of 7.5x10(17) cm(3). The Drude-Lorentz analysis has also shown that the free carrier density and the plasmon frequency of CuO decreases with increasing film thickness. This decrement is accompanied with enhancement in the drift mobility values which reaches 12.56 cm(2)/V s as the film thickness exceeds 250 nm. Such features of the thin layer of CuO make them suitable for the production of nano/microthin film transistors.
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Tungsten Doped Bi_1.5zn_{0.92< Ceramics Designed as Radio/Microwave Band Pass/Reject Filters}
(Wiley, 2021) Qasrawi, Atef F.; Abdalghafour, Mays A.; Mergen, A.
Herein, radiowave/microwave bandpass/reject filters are fabricated from the tungsten doped Bi1.5Zn0.92Nb1.5-6x/5WxO6.92 (W-BZN) pyrochlore ceramics. The W-BZN band filters are prepared by the solid state reaction technique and subjected to X-ray diffraction (XRD) and impedance spectroscopy analyses. It was shown that the W-BZN filters can display negative capacitance effects accompanied with resonance-antiresonance oscillations. The calculations of the reflection coefficient parameter (S-11), the return loss (L-r) and the voltage standing wave ratios (VSWR) in the frequency domain of 0.01 to 1.80 GHz, has shown that the W-BZN device can perform as microwave cavities at two notch frequency values of 0.44 and 1.53 GHz. W-BZN devices can also be nominated as noise reducers and radiowave/microwave signal receivers suitable for telecommunication technology.