TY - JOUR AU - Wensorra, J. AU - Lepsa, M. I. AU - Indlekofer, K. M. AU - Förster, A. AU - Jaschinsky, P. AU - Voigtländer, B. AU - Pirug, G. AU - Lüth, H. TI - Ohmic contacts for GaAs based nanocolumns JO - Physica status solidi / A VL - 203 SN - 0031-8965 CY - Weinheim PB - Wiley-VCH M1 - PreJuSER-53333 SP - 3559 - 3564 PY - 2006 N1 - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 AB - Nonalloyed ohmic contacts with lateral dimensions in the sub-100 nm range have been processed and characterized. The contacts are suitable for the fabrication of GaAs/AlGaAs nanocolumns designed in a 'top down' approach. They are realized on n-type GaAs using a thin low-temperature grown GaAs cap layer and Ti/Au metallization. For the lateral patterning of the nanoscaled ohmic contacts, electron-beam lithography based on Hydrogen Silsesquioxan (HSQ) negative resist is used, followed by sputtering and plasma etching of the metals. The I-V characteristics show ohmic contact behavior and demonstrate the scaling of the proposed contacts down to 50 nm lateral dimension. The specific contact resistance is situated in the range of 1-2 x 10(-5) Omega cm(2). (c) 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. KW - J (WoSType) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000242536100021 DO - DOI:10.1002/pssa.200622484 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/53333 ER -