Physics and technology of submicron structures : proceedings of the fifth International Winter School [on New Developments in Solid State Physics], Mauterndorf, Austria, February 22-26, 1988

This volume presents a discussion of the latest results in the physics of low-dimensional structures. At the winter school major breakthroughs were reported, and some of the excitement of the participants is reflected in the contributions. The topics treated range from the fabrication of microstructures and the physical background of future semiconductor devices to vertical transport in nanostructures, universal conductance fluctuations, and the transition from two-dimensional to one-dimensional conduction in semiconductor structures. Front Matter ....Pages I-X Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Fabrication of Ultra-Small Structures: Quantum Wires (H. G. Craighead, A. Scherer, M. L. Roukes)....Pages 2-13 Electron Beam Lithography and Dry Etching Techniques for the Fabrication of Quantum Wires in GaAs and AlGaAs Epilayer Systems (S. P. Beaumont, C. D. W. Wilkinson, S. Thoms, R. Cheung, I. McIntyre, R. P. Taylor et al.)....Pages 14-25 Fabrication and Optical Characterization of Semiconductor Quantum Wires (A. Forchel, B. E. Maile, H. Leier, R. Germann)....Pages 26-36 Electron-Beam Lithography of Ultra-Submicron Devices (D. K. Ferry, G. Bernstein, Wen-Ping Liu)....Pages 37-44 GaAs Quantum Well Wire Structures: Their Fabrication by Focused Ga Ion Beam Implantation and Their Optical Properties (Y. Hirayama, H. Okamoto)....Pages 45-55 Progress in Ion Projection Lithography (G. Stengl, H. Löschner, E. Hammel)....Pages 56-61 Front Matter ....Pages 63-63 Vertical Electronic Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures (M. A. Reed)....Pages 64-73 Magnetic Field Studies of Resonant and Non-resonant Tunnelling in n-(AlGa)As/GaAs Double Barrier Structures (L. Eaves, E. S. Alves, T. J. Foster, M. Henini, O. H. Hughes, M. L. Leadbeater et al.)....Pages 74-83 Perpendicular Transport in GaAs-GaAlAs High Electron Mobility Transistors (J. Smoliner, E. Gornik, G. Weimann, K. Ploog)....Pages 84-95 Front Matter ....Pages 97-97 Quantum Interference Effects in Disordered Sub-micron Wires and Rings (R. A. Webb, S. Washburn, H. J. Haucke, A. D. Benoit, C. P. Umbach, F. P. Milliken)....Pages 98-107 Universal Conductance Fluctuations and Quantum Interference Effects in Microstructures (A. D. Stone)....Pages 108-127 Four Terminal Resistance of a Multichannel Electron Waveguide (G. Timp, H. U. Baranger, P. de Vegvar, R. Behringer, J. E. Cunningham, P. M. Mankiewich et al.)....Pages 128-137 Localisation and Transport in One-Dimensional Disordered Systems (B. Kramer)....Pages 138-150 Universal Fluctuations and Conductance Asymmetry in Mesoscopic Silicon MOSFETs (S. B. Kaplan)....Pages 151-160 Front Matter ....Pages 161-161 Groundstate Properties of an Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field at the Cross-over from Two- to One-Dimensional Behaviour (U. Wulf, R. R. Gerhardts)....Pages 162-175 Visualization and Theoretical Modelling of the Atomistic Structure of Semiconductor Quantum Well Interfaces (J. Christen, D. Bimberg, T. Fukunaga, H. Nakashima, D. E. Mars, J. N. Miller)....Pages 176-186 Quasi-One-Dimensional Electron Channels in AlGaAs/GaAs Heterojunctions (W. Hansen, J. P. Kotthaus)....Pages 187-197 Quantum and Classical Ballistic Transport in Constricted Two-Dimensional Electron Gases (H. van Houten, B. J. van Wees, C. W. J. Beenakker)....Pages 198-207 Transport Properties of Narrow, Variable Width Channels in the 2DEG of a GaAs:AlGaAs Heterojunction (T. J. Thornton, C. J. B. Ford, D. A. Wharam, R. Newbury, M. Pepper, H. Ahmed et al.)....Pages 208-217 Hopping Transport in One-Dimensional Semiconductor Systems (P. N. Butcher, J. A. McInnes)....Pages 218-224 Front Matter ....Pages 225-225 Transport Physics in Ultra-Submicron Devices (D. K. Ferry)....Pages 226-242 Physics of One-Dimensional MOSFETs (A. Hartstein)....Pages 243-252 MOSFETs Under Electrical Stress — Degradation, Subthreshold Conduction, and Noise in a Submicron Structure (F. Koch, M. Bollu, A. Asenov)....Pages 253-262 Physics and Fabrication of Metal-Semiconductor Microstructures (E. Rosencher, P. A. Badoz)....Pages 263-277 Resonant Tunneling Barrier Structures and Their Applications to the Resonant Tunneling Hot Electron Transistor (S. Hiyamizu, S. Muto, T. Inata, S. Sasa, T. Fujii, K. Imamura et al.)....Pages 278-286 Back Matter ....Pages 287-287 A discussion of results in the physics of low-dimensional structures. The papers included range from the fabrication of microstructures and the physical background of future semiconductor devices, to vertical transport in nanostructures and universal conductance fluctuations.