Modulation doping

Modulation doping is a technique for fabricating semiconductors such that the free charge carriers are spatially separated from the donors. Because this eliminates scattering from the donors, modulation-doped semiconductors have very high carrier mobilities.

History

Modulation doping was conceived in Bell Labs in 1977 following a conversation between Horst Störmer and Ray Dingle,[1] and implemented shortly afterwards by Arthur Gossard. In 1977, Störmer and Dan Tsui used a modulation-doped wafer to discover the fractional quantum Hall effect.

Implementation

Modulation-doped semiconductor crystals are commonly grown by epitaxy to allow successive layers of different semiconductor species to be deposited. One common structure uses a layer of AlGaAs deposited over GaAs, with Si n-type donors in the AlGaAs.[2]

Applications

Field effect transistors

Modulation-doped transistors can reach high electrical mobilities and therefore fast operation.[3] A modulation-doped field-effect transistor is known as a MODFET.[4]

Low-temperature electronics

One advantage of modulation doping is that the charge carriers cannot become trapped on the donors even at the lowest temperatures. For this reason, modulation-doped heterostructures allow electronics operating at cryogenic temperatures.

Quantum computing

Modulation-doped two-dimensional electron gases can be gated to create quantum dots. Electrons trapped in these dots can then be operated as quantum bits.[5]

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References

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1998/stormer-bio.html
Gossard, A. C. (1985). "Modulation Doping of Semiconductor Heterostructures". Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Heterostructures. pp. 499–531. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-5073-3_14. ISBN 978-94-010-8744-5.
L.D. Nguyen; L.E. Larson; U.K. Mishra (2009). "Ultra-high speed modulation-doped field-effect transistors: a tutorial review". Proc. IEEE. 80 (4): 494. doi:10.1109/5.135374.
https://www.jedec.org/standards-documents/dictionary/terms/modulation-doped-field-effect-transistor-modfet
R. Hanson, L. P. Kouwenhoven, J. R. Petta, S. Tarucha, and L. M. K. Vandersypen (2009). "Spins in few-electron quantum dots". Rev. Mod. Phys. 79 (2): 1217. arXiv:cond-mat/0610433. Bibcode:2007RvMP...79.1217H. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.79.1217.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] ttps://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1998/stormer-bio.html

[2] Gossard, A. C. (1985). "Modulation Doping of Semiconductor Heterostructures". Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Heterostructures. pp. 499–531. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-5073-3_14. ISBN 978-94-010-8744-5.

[3] L.D. Nguyen; L.E. Larson; U.K. Mishra (2009). "Ultra-high speed modulation-doped field-effect transistors: a tutorial review". Proc. IEEE. 80 (4): 494. doi:10.1109/5.135374.

[4] ttps://www.jedec.org/standards-documents/dictionary/terms/modulation-doped-field-effect-transistor-modfet

[5] R. Hanson, L. P. Kouwenhoven, J. R. Petta, S. Tarucha, and L. M. K. Vandersypen (2009). "Spins in few-electron quantum dots". Rev. Mod. Phys. 79 (2): 1217. arXiv:cond-mat/0610433. Bibcode:2007RvMP...79.1217H. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.79.1217.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)