Search Results

Now showing 1 - 10 of 17
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Plasmon-Electron Dynamics at the Au/Inse and Y/Inse Interfaces Designed as Dual Gigahertz-Terahertz Filters
    (Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer verlag, 2017) Alharbi, S. R.; Qasrawi, A. F.
    In this work, the X-ray diffraction, the Scanning electron microscopy, the energy dispersive X-ray, the Raman, The UV-vis light and the impedance spectral techniques are employed to explore the structural, vibrational, optical and electrical properties of the Au/InSe and Y/InSe thin film interfaces. It was shown that with its amorphous nature of crystallization, the InSe thin films exhibited n-type conductivity due to the 3% excess selenium. For this form of InSe, the only active Raman spectral line is 121 (cm(-1)). In addition to the design of the energy band diagram, the analysis the dielectric spectra and the optical conductivities were possible in the frequency range of 270-1000 THz. The modeling of the optical conductivities of the Au, Y, Au/InSe and Y/InSe with the help of Lorentz approach for optical conduction, assured that the conduction is dominated by the resonant plasmon-electron interactions at the metals and metals/semiconductors interfaces. It also allowed tabulating the necessary parameters for possible applications in terahertz technology: These parameters are the electron effective masses, the free electron densities, the electron bounded plasmon frequencies, the electron scattering times, the reduced resonant frequencies and the drift mobilities. On the other hand, the impedance spectral analysis of the Y/InSe/Au interfaces in the frequency range of 0.01-1.80 GHz, revealed negative capacitance effect associated with band filter features that exhibit maximum transition line at 1.17 GHz. This value nominates the interface as a member of filter classes in the gigahertz technology. (C) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 15
    Citation - Scopus: 17
    Dielectric 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: 9
    Citation - Scopus: 9
    Effect 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: 9
    Citation - Scopus: 9
    Transient and Steady State Photoelectronic Analysis in Tlinse2 Crystals
    (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2011) Qasrawi, A. F.; Gasanly, N. M.
    The temperature and illumination effects on the transient and steady state photoconductivities of TlInSe2 crystals have been studied. Namely, two recombination centres located at 234 and at 94 meV and one trap center located at 173 meV were determined from the temperature-dependent steady state and transient photoconductivities, respectively. The illumination dependence of photoconductivity indicated the domination of sublinear and supralinear recombination mechanisms above and below 160 K, respectively. The change in the recombination mechanism is attributed to the exchange of roles between the linear recombination at the surface and trapping centres in the crystal, which become dominant as temperature decreases. The transient photoconductivity measurement allowed the determination of the capture coefficient of traps for holes as 3.11 x 10(-22) cm(-2). (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Physical 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: 2
    Citation - Scopus: 2
    Characterization of the Mgo/Gase0.5< Heterojunction Designed for Visible Light Communications
    (Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2015) Qasrawi, A. F.; AlGarni, S. E.; Gasanly, N. M.
    In this study an optoelectronic design is reported and characterized. The device is made of p-type MgO solved in sodium silicate binder and n-type GaSe0.5S0.5 heterojunction. It is described by means of X-ray diffraction, optical absorption and reflection in the incident light wavelength range of 190-1100 nm and by means of dark and 406 nm laser excited current (I)-voltage (V) characteristics. The optical reflectance was also measured as a function of angle of incidence of light in the range of 35-80. The structural analysis revealed no change in the existing phases of the device composers. In addition, it was observed that for pure sodium silicate and for a 67% content of MgO solved in sodium silicate binder (33%), the heterojunction exhibits a valence band shift of 0.40 and 0.70 eV, respectively. The painting of MgO improved the light absorbability significantly. On the other hand, the angle-dependent reflectance measurements on the crystal displayed a Brewster condition at 70. The MgO/ GaSe0.5S0.5 heterojunction exhibited no Brewster condition when irradiated from the MgO side. Moreover, for the crystal and the MgO/ GaSe0.5S0.5 heterojunction, the dielectric spectral analysis revealed a pronounced increase in the quality factor of the device. The I-V characteristics of the device revealed typical optoelectronic properties with high photo-response that could amplify the dark current 24 times when irradiated with 5 mW power laser light. The structural, optical, dielectric and electrical features of the MgO/GaSe0.5S0.5 heterojunction nominate it for use in visible light communication technology. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 4
    Band 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: 9
    Citation - Scopus: 8
    Dielectric dispersion in InSe/CdS bilayers
    (Elsevier Science Bv, 2018) Qasrawi, A. F.; Shehada, Sufyan R.
    In the current study, the effect of the amorphous InSe thin film substrate on the structural, optical and dielectric properties of CdS are investigated. The structural analysis of the bilayers indicated a strained growth of CdS onto InSe leading to decrease in grain size and increase in the dislocation density. The optical measurements have shown that the InSe/CdS exhibits two direct allowed transitions energy band gap values of 2.04 and 1.38 eV, in the high and low absorption regions, respectively. On the other hand, the detailed analysis of the dielectric spectra for the InSe, CdS and InSe/CdS layers has shown that the presence of the InSe substrate significantly improves the optical conduction parameters. Particularly, the Drude-Lorentz modeling for these dielectric systems revealed a drift mobility value of 329 cm(2)/V for the InSe/CdS bilayer. The deposition of the CdS onto InSe is also observed to shift the plasmon frequency of CdS from 2.49 to 0.77 GHz. The general features of the InSe/ CdS as plasmon cavities are promising as it shows its usability for production of optoelectronic devices that exhibit high performance at very high frequencies.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 5
    Citation - Scopus: 5
    Optical Characterization of Cuin5s8< Crystals by Ellipsometry Measurements
    (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2016) Isik, Mehmet; Gasanly, Nizami
    Optical properties of CuIn5S8 crystals grown by Bridgman method were investigated by ellipsometry measurements. Spectral dependence of optical parameters; real and imaginary parts of the pseudodielectric function, pseudorefractive index, pseudoextinction coefficient, reflectivity and absorption coefficients were obtained from the analysis of ellipsometry experiments performed in the 1.2-6.2 eV spectral region. Analysis of spectral dependence of the absorption coefficient revealed the existence of direct band gap transitions with energy 1.53 eV. Wemple-DiDomenico and Spitzer-Fan models were used to find the oscillator energy, dispersion energy, zero-frequency refractive index and high-frequency dielectric constant values. Structural properties of the CuIn5S8 crystals were investigated using X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 3
    Citation - Scopus: 3
    Effect of Au/Ge Substrate on the Properties of Gase
    (Elsevier Gmbh, 2018) Qasrawi, A. F.; Abdallah, Maisam M. A.
    In this work, the effect of glass/Ge and Au/Ge substrate on the structural, optical and electrical properties of the GaSe thin films is investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, ultraviolet-visible light spectrophotometry and impedance spectroscopy techniques, respectively. While the glass/Ge, glass/GaSe and glass/Ge/GaSe are observed to exhibit amorphous nature of structure, the Au/Ge, and Au/Ge/GaSe are of polycrystalline nature. The formation of the Ge/GaSe interface exhibited high conduction band offset of value of 0.90 eV and enhanced the light absorbability of GaSe at 1.47 eV by 80 times. In addition, the modeling of the dielectric spectra for the Ge/GaSe interface revealed optical conductivity parameters presented by scattering time at femtosecond level and improvement of the drift mobility. Moreover, the impedance spectroscopy measurements have shown that with the increasing frequency, the Au/Ge/GaSe/Yb interface exhibit increasing trend of variation in the resistance causing high impedance mode associated with negative capacitance values below 1300 MHz. The effect is completely reversed in the higher range of frequency. These features of the Ge/GaSe interface nominate it as plasmonic interface, microwave cavities and as voltage amplifiers in low power nanoscale devices. (C) 2018 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.