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Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 21Engineering the Optical and Dielectric Properties of the Ga2s3< Nanosandwiches Via Indium Layer Thickness(Springer, 2018) Nazzal, Eman O.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Alharbi, S. R.In this study, the effect of the nanosandwiched indium slab thickness (20-200 nm) on the performance of the Ga2S3/In/Ga2S3 interfaces is explored by means of X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and optical spectroscopy techniques. The indium slab thickness which was varied in the range of 20-200 nm is observed to enhance the visible light absorbability of the Ga2S3 by 54.6 times, engineered the energy band gap in the range of 3.7-1.4 eV and increases the dielectric constant without, significantly, altering the structure of the Ga2S3. The broad range of the band gap tunability and the increased absorbability nominate the Ga2S3 thin films for photovoltaic applications. In addition, the dielectric spectral analysis and modeling have shown that a wide variety in the plasmon resonant frequency could be established within the Ga2S3/In/Ga2S3 trilayers. The plasmon frequency engineering in the range of 0.56-2.08 GHz which is associated with drift mobility of 12.58-5.76 cm(2)/Vs and electron scattering time at femtosecond level are promising for the production of broad band high frequency microwave filters.Article Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 7Physical Design and Dynamical Analysis of Resonant-Antiresonant Ag/MgO/GaSe/Al Optoelectronic Microwave Devices(Springer, 2015) Kmail, Renal R. N.; Qasrawi, A. F.In this work, the design and optical and electrical properties of MgO/GaSe heterojunction devices are reported and discussed. The device was designed using 0.4-mu m-thick n-type GaSe as substrate for a 1.6-mu m-thick p-type MgO optoelectronic window. The device was characterized by means of ultraviolet-visible optical spectrophotometry in the wavelength region from 200 nm to 1100 nm, current-voltage (I-V) characteristics, impedance spectroscopy in the range from 1.0 MHz to 1.8 GHz, and microwave amplitude spectroscopy in the frequency range from 1.0 MHz to 3.0 GHz. Optical analysis of the MgO/GaSe heterojunction revealed enhanced absorbing ability of the GaSe below 2.90 eV with an energy bandgap shift from 2.10 eV for the GaSe substrate to 1.90 eV for the heterojunction design. On the other hand, analysis of I-V characteristics revealed a tunneling-type device conducting current by electric field-assisted tunneling of charged particles through a barrier with height of 0.81 eV and depletion region width of 670 nm and 116 nm when forward and reverse biased, respectively. Very interesting features of the device are observed when subjected to alternating current (ac) signal analysis. In particular, the device exhibited resonance-antiresonance behavior and negative capacitance characteristics near 1.0 GHz. The device quality factor was similar to 10(2). In addition, when a small ac signal of Bluetooth amplitude (0.0 dBm) was imposed between the device terminals, the power spectra of the device displayed tunable band-stop filter characteristics with maximum notch frequency of 1.6 GHz. The energy bandgap discontinuity, the resonance-antiresonance behavior, the negative capacitance features, and the tunability of the electromagnetic power spectra at microwave frequencies nominate the Ag/MgO/GaSe/Al device as a promising optoelectronic device for use in multipurpose operations at microwave frequencies.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 4Band Offsets and Optical Conduction in the Cdse/Gase Interface(Elsevier Science Bv, 2016) Kayed, T. S.; Qasrawi, A. F.; Elsayed, Khaled A.In this work, the design and characterization of CdSe/GaSe heterojunction is considered. The CdSe/GaSe thin film interface was prepared by the physical vapor deposition technique. Systematic structural and optical analysis were performed to explore the crystalline nature, the optical band gaps, the conduction and valence band offsets, the dielectric spectra, and the frequency dependent optical conductivity at terahertz frequencies. The X-ray diffraction analysis revealed a polycrystalline interface that is mostly dominated by the hexagonal CdSe oriented in the (002) direction. It was also found that the CdSe/GaSe interface exhibits conduction and valence band offsets of 1.35 and 1.23/1.14 eV, respectively. The dielectric spectra displayed two dielectric resonance peaks at 530 and 445 THz. Moreover, the computational fittings of the optical conductivity of the interface revealed a free carrier scattering time of 0.41 (fs) for a free carrier density of 7.0 x 10(18) (cm(-3)). The field effect mobility for the CdSe/GaSe interface was found to be 5.22 (cm(2)/Vs). The remarkable features of this device having large band offsets and qualitative optical conduction dominated by a scattering time in the order of femtoseconds in addition to the dielectric property nominate the device to be used in optoelectronic technology. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 15Citation - Scopus: 17Dielectric Dispersion in Ga2s3< Thin Films(Springer, 2017) Alharbi, S. R.; Qasrawi, A. F.In this work, the structural, compositional, optical, and dielectric properties of Ga2S3 thin films are investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersion X-ray analysis, and ultraviolet-visible light spectrophotometry. The Ga2S3 thin films which exhibited amorphous nature in its as grown form are observed to be generally composed of 40.7 % Ga and 59.3 % S atomic content. The direct allowed transitions optical energy bandgap is found to be 2.96 eV. On the other hand, the modeling of the dielectric spectra in the frequency range of 270-1,000 THz, using the modified Drude-Lorentz model for electron-plasmon interactions revealed the electrons scattering time as 1.8 (fs), the electron bounded plasma frequency as similar to 0.76-0.94 (GHz) and the reduced resonant frequency as 2.20-4.60 x10(15) (Hz) in the range of 270-753 THz. The corresponding drift mobility of electrons to the terahertz oscillating incident electric field is found to be 7.91 (cm (2)/Vs). The values are promising as they nominate the Ga2S3 thin films as effective candidates in thin-film transistor and gas sensing technologies.Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 9Effect of Ytterbium, Gold and Aluminum Transparent Metallic Substrates on the Performance of the Ga2s3< Thin Film Devices(Elsevier Science Bv, 2017) Alharbi, S. R.; Qasrawi, A. F.In the current work, the structural, optical, dielectric and electrical properties of the Ga2S3 thin films which are deposited onto transparent thin Al, Yb and Au metal substrates are characterized by means of transmittance electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet visible light spectroscopy and impedance spectroscopy techniques. The effects of the metallic substrates on the crystalline nature, energy band gap and dielectric spectra are also investigated. The modeling of the dielectric spectra allowed determining the effect of the Al, Yb and Au thin layers on the electron scattering time, the plasmon frequency, free electron density and drift mobility. In addition, a Yb/Ga2S3/Au Schottky barrier and All Ga2S3/Au back to back Schottky barrier devices (metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) device) are fabricated and characterized by means of capacitance-voltage characteristics and capacitance and conductance spectra in the frequency range of 10-1800 MHz. While the Schottky barrier device displayed three distinct positions of resonance-antiresonance phenomena, the MSM device displayed one peak with narrow bandwidth of 10 MHz. The MSM devices exhibited an inversion, depletion and accumulation modes within a voltage range of 0.25 V width at 250 MHz. The study indicates the applicability of these device as smart capacitive switches, as Plasmon devices and as wavetraps. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 4Properties of Se/Inse Thin-Film Interface(Springer, 2016) Qasrawi, A. F.; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Kayed, T. S.; Elsayed, Khaled A.; Kayed, Tarek Said; Qasrawı, Atef Fayez Hasan; Kayed, Tarek Said; Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering; Department of Electrical & Electronics EngineeringSe, InSe, and Se/InSe thin films have been prepared by the physical vapor deposition technique at pressure of similar to 10(-5) torr. The structural, optical, and electrical properties of the films and Se/InSe interface were investigated by means of x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, and current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. XRD analysis indicated that the prepared InSe films were amorphous while the Se films were polycrystalline having hexagonal structure with unit cell parameters of a = 4.3544 and c = 4.9494 . Spectral reflectance and transmittance analysis showed that both Se and InSe films exhibited indirect allowed transitions with energy bandgaps of 1.92 eV and 1.34 eV, respectively. The Se/InSe interface exhibited two energy bandgaps of 0.98 eV and 1.73 eV above and below 2.2 eV, respectively. Dielectric constant values were also calculated from reflectance spectra for the three layers in the frequency range of 500 THz to 272 THz. The dielectric constant exhibited a promising feature suggesting use of the Se/InSe interface as an optical resonator. Moreover, the Au/Se/InSe/Ag heterojunction showed some rectifying properties that could be used in standard optoelectronic devices. The ideality factor and height of the energy barrier to charge carrier motion in this device were found to be 1.72 and 0.66 eV, respectively.
