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The Center for Compound Semiconductor-Technology (CCST)at Sandia National Laboratories encompasses the full range of required activities--theoretical and experimental solid-state physics, materials science, crystal growth, device design, and fabrication--to develop the next generation of electronic and optoelectronic devices. Semiconductor electronics are vital to the communications and computer industries and to the nation's defense. Compound semiconductors offer very high-speed electronics and integrated optical and electronic capabilities not available with silicon, and will underlie future electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic technologies. The purpose of the CCST is to perform collaborative research generic to electronic and optoelectronic technologies in compound semiconductors. The CCST also includes related research in high-temperature superconducting electronics and hybrid superconductor-semiconductor devices. Facilities in the CCST include extensive molecular-beam epitaxy and metal-organic chemical vapor deposition crystal growth capabilities, a 400-keV ion implanter, and a new 3700 net square foot, class 1000/100 clean room with state-of-the-art processing equipment. Addition of an electron-beam lithography system to permit fabrication of devices with feature sizes below 100 nm is planned for the near future. |
