Physics, Fabrication, and Applications of Multilayered Structures

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Growth of Metallic and Metal-Containing Superlattices....Pages 3-15
Multilayer Structures: Atomic Engineering in its Infancy....Pages 17-32
Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Artificially Layered Semiconductor Structures — Basic Concept and Recent Achievements....Pages 33-65
The Structure of Multilayers: X-Ray Studies....Pages 67-92
Rheed Oscillations in MBE and Their Applications to Precisely Controlled Crystal Growth....Pages 93-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Theoretical Background of Interfaces and Multilayers....Pages 113-138
The Physics of Metallic Superlattices: An Experimental Point of View....Pages 139-169
Semiconductor Interfaces....Pages 171-197
Stability of Artificial Multilayers....Pages 199-214
III-V Semiconductor Strained-Layer Superlattices....Pages 215-228
Si/Ge Multilayered Structures....Pages 229-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Electronic Devices Using Multilayer Structures....Pages 241-270
Multilayer Optics for X-Rays....Pages 271-309
Multilayer Neutron Optical Devices....Pages 311-333
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Xe Implanted Si Observed by Means of EXAFS....Pages 337-337
TEM Methods for Characterising the Structure of Multilayered Materials....Pages 338-339
Characterization of R.F. Sputtered Oxide Applications of Multilayered Structures in Optics....Pages 340-340
Ion Beam Mixing in Metallic Superlattices....Pages 341-342
The Initial Stages of Overlayer Growth Studied Using High Energy Electron Forward Scattering: Cr/Ag(100)....Pages 343-343
Monte Carlo Calculations of Sputtering Processes....Pages 344-344
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Nb/Ta Superlattices....Pages 345-345
Intensity Oscillations in Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction during Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Metals on Metals and the Fabrication of Metallic Superlattices....Pages 346-346
Crystallization and Melting in Multilayered Structures....Pages 347-348
The Structure of Mo/Ta Superlattices....Pages 349-349
Investigation of the Structural Properties of the CdTe-ZnTe Strained-Layer Superlattice System....Pages 350-351
Elaboration and Characterization of Metallic Multilayers in the Cnrs — St. Gobain Common Laboratory....Pages 352-353
How to Observe Interfaces....Pages 354-354
Studies of the Fabrication Conditions of a Variety of Metal Multilayers....Pages 355-356
Growth and Characterisation of Transition Metal Superlattices....Pages 357-357
Interface Induced Loss of Coherence in Superlattices....Pages 358-359
Some Characteristics of Multilayers Produced by Magnetron Sputtering Device....Pages 360-360
Negative Differential Resistance (NDR) Measurements....Pages 361-361
The Solid State Reaction in Multilayers Studied by XAS....Pages 362-362
Growth, Properties and Characterisation of Metal Multilayers....Pages 363-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
X-Ray Optics in Langmuir-Blodgett Films....Pages 367-367
Figured Multilayer Structures Applied to a Laser Produced Plasma....Pages 368-368
Localization Effects in Multilayers of Metallic Glasses....Pages 369-369
Numerical Determination of the Reflectivity of Multilayered Neutron Mirrors....Pages 370-370
New Fast Technique for Electronic Structure Calculations of Complex Layered Materials....Pages 371-371
Superconductivity of Regular and Fibonacci Mo/V Superlattices....Pages 372-372
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Radiative and Non-Radiative Polariton Structure of Superlattices....Pages 373-373
Electronic Structure of Strained Si n /Ge n (001) Superlattices....Pages 374-375
Electronic Properties of CuO 2 Layers in High T c Materials....Pages 376-376
Electrical Characterisation of Thin Insulating Langmuir Blodgett Films Incorporated in Metal-Insulator-Metal Structures....Pages 377-377
Lattice Deformation and Misorientation of GaAs Layers Grown on (100) Si by Molecular Beam Epitaxy....Pages 378-378
X-UV Polarizer Based on Multilayered Mirrors....Pages 379-379
Strain Measurements in Si/Si 0.5 Ge 0.5 and W/Mo Superlattices by He Ion Channeling....Pages 380-381
Reflection of very Low Energy Electrons by Indium/Gold Bilayers....Pages 382-382
MBE Growth of Magnetic Multilayers....Pages 383-383
Reflectivity and Roughness of Multilayer Mirrors....Pages 384-384
Electric Field Dependent Exciton Energy; Photoluminescence Quenching and Nonlinear Absorption in GaInAs/InP Quantum Wells....Pages 385-386
Enhanced Hole Mobility in Si Doping Superlattices....Pages 387-387
Structural Investigations of Mo-Ge Multilayers by X-Ray Anomalous Scattering and EXAFS....Pages 388-388
The Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of GaAs on Si....Pages 389-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Magnetic Anisotropy in Modulated Nd-Fe Multilayers....Pages 393-396
Structure and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Ultrathin Films....Pages 397-399
Magnetic Properties of Pd/Co Multilayers....Pages 400-400
Preparation and Magnetic Properties of Rare-Earth-Transition Metal Thin Films and Multilayers: A Starting Project....Pages 401-402
Electrodeposited Co-P Amorphous Multilayers: A Study of Magnetoelastic Properties....Pages 403-404
Interactions in Two-Layer Magnetic Films....Pages 405-405
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Static and Dynamic Characterizaton of Interfacial Anisotropy in Magnetic Superlattices....Pages 406-406
Crystal Structure and Magnetic Characteristics of Tb/Fe Multilayers....Pages 407-407
Theory of Ferromagnetic Multilayers....Pages 408-408
Preparation and Characterization of Metallic Magnetic Superlattices....Pages 409-409
Back Matter....Pages 411-416