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Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Structural, Optical and Dielectric Performance of Molybdenum Trioxide Thin Films Sandwiched With Indium Sheets(inst Materials Physics, 2020) Abusaa, M.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Kmail, H. K.; Khanfar, H. K.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringIn this work, we report the enhancements in the structural, optical and dielectric properties of molybdenum trioxide that are achieved by insertion of 50 and 100 nm thick indium sheets between layers of MoO3. The films which are coated onto ultrasonically glass substrates under a vacuum pressure of 10 -5 mbar exhibited metal induced crystallization process upon insertion of indium sheets. Optically, indium sheets tuned the transmittance and reflectance, significantly, increased the absorption coefficient values and formed interbands in the band gap of MoO3. The energy band gap decreased with increasing indium sheets thickness. On the other hand, the insertion of indium layers into the structure of MoO3 is observed to improve the dielectric response of these films to values that nominate them for used in thin film transistor technology. In the same context, the analyses of the optical conductivity which are carried out with the help of Drude-Lorentz approach have shown that the presence of indium sheets can increase the optical conductivity and enhance the plasmon frequency and free charge carrier density of MoO3. The plasmon frequency is tuned in the range of 1.68-7.16 GHz making MoO3 films attractive for plasmonic applications.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Current Transport Mechanism in Au-p-mgo-ni Schottky Device Designed for Microwave Sensing(Natl inst Optoelectronics, 2016) Qasrawi, A. F.; Khanfar, H. K.; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringAu/MgO/Ni back to back Schottky tunnelling barriers are designed on the surface of an MgO thin layer and are electrically characterized. The current voltage curve analysis has shown that thermionic emission, field effect thermionic (FET) emission and space charge limited current are dominant transport mechanism in distinct biasing regions. It was shown that, while the device is reverse biased with voltages less than 0.31 V, it conducts by tunnelling (FED though an energy barrier of 0.88 eV with a depletion region width of 15.7 nm. As the voltage exceeds 0.46 V, the tunnelling energy barrier is lowered to 0.76 eV and the depletion region widens and arrives at the reach-through running mode. The device was tested in the microwave electromagnetic power range that extends from Bluetooth to WLAN radiation levels at oscillating frequencies of 0.5 and 2.9 GHz. In addition, a low power resonating signal that suits mobile data is superimposed in the device. It was observed that the Au/MgO/Au sensors exhibit a wide tunability range via voltage biasing or via frequency control. The signal quality factor is 3.53 x 10(3) at 2.9 GHz. These properties reflect applicability in microwave technology as wireless and connectorized microwave amplifiers, microwave resonators and mixers.

