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Granted Patent B2
US 12,205,987 · App. 17/595,738 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Wafer, optical emission device, method of producing a wafer, and method of characterizing a system for producing a wafer

Inventors: Christian Dangel (Munich, DE); Jonathan Finley (Aschheim, DE); Kai Müller (Eching, DE); Frederik Bopp (Munich, DE); Arne Ludwig (Witten, DE); Nikolai Bart (Bochum, DE); Andreas Wieck (Hattingen, DE)
Assignee: Technische Universität München
H01L29/0665H01L21/02381H01L21/02395H01L21/0245H01L21/02463H01L21/02496H01L29/7786H01L29/7787
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Patent No.
US 12,205,987
App. No.
17/595,738
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wafer includes a substrate and at least one intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate. The at least one intermediate layer covers the surface of the substrate at least partially. An outer surface of the at least one intermediate layer is directed away from the surface of the substrate. The wafer further includes nanostructures grown on the outer surface of the at least one intermediate layer. The at least one intermediate layer is formed in such a way that positions of growth of the nanostructures are predetermined on the outer surface of the at least one intermediate layer. At least one nanostructure material of the nanostructures is assembled at the positions of growth of the nanostructures.

Claims (13)

1. A wafer comprising:

a substrate; and

at least one intermediate layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the at least one intermediate layer covers the surface of the substrate at least partially, and wherein an outer surface of the at least one intermediate layer is directed away from the surface of the substrate,

wherein the at least one intermediate layer is formed in such a way that positions of growth of nanostructures are predetermined on the outer surface of the at least one intermediate layer, so that at least one nanostructure material of the nanostructures is assembled at the positions of growth of the nanostructures,

wherein the at least one intermediate layer is formed in such a way that the outer surface has a varying roughness with a first number of areas of the outer surface having a higher roughness and a second number of areas of the outer surface having a lower roughness than the roughness of said first number of areas, wherein the difference between the surface roughnesses of the first and second number of areas is caused by different densities of steps of atomic monolayers in the respective first and second number of areas, and

wherein the nanostructures are positioned at the first number of areas of the outer surface having a higher roughness and areas therebetween are free of the nanostructures.

2. The wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one intermediate layer comprises a stack of at least two layers, wherein the at least two layers each have a varying layer thickness perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, and wherein a thickness of the stack perpendicular to the surface of the substrate is constant.

3. The wafer according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one intermediate layer comprises a layer with a periodically or arbitrarily varying layer thickness perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.

4. The wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one intermediate layer comprises a layer with a periodically or arbitrarily varying layer thickness perpendicular to the surface of the substrate.

5. The wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the nanostructures comprise nano-islands, droplets, nano-dashes, nano-rings, nano-posts, nano-wires, nano-ribbons, nano-rods, nano-pillars, quantum dots, biological cells and/or biomolecules.

6. The wafer according to claim 1 , wherein:

the wafer is included with an optical emission device, and

the optical emission device is a laser, an LED, a superradiant LED, or a single photon source.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2022
From: DANGEL, CHRISTIAN
To: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
Reel/Frame 058692/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2022
From: FINLEY, JONATHAN; MÜLLER, KAI; BOPP, FREDERIK; LUDWIG, ARNE; BART, NIKOLAI; WIECK, ANDREAS
To: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
Reel/Frame 058675/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19177713 · May 31, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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