III-Vs excel at Sheffield's Central Facility

摘要

The focus of coverage for this issue is a progress report for the ESPRC Ⅲ-Ⅴ Central Semiconductor Facility (CF) at the University of Sheffield. It is home to many interesting activities and recently was awarded a major grant to help it stay at the leading edge of III-Vs materials and device development. The Sheffield Central Facility for Ⅲ-Ⅴ Semiconductors (CF) was established in 1978 and is now the main provider of Ⅲ-Ⅴ semiconductor materials for the UK scientific community. It acts as a centre of excellence in the fields of growth, materials characterisation and device processing, its primary role being in the supply of a wide range of well-characterised Ⅲ-Ⅴ epitaxial layers to the university community. The service also includes a comprehensive range of prototype device fabrication. The CF located within the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield is unique owing to its dual approach of being a centre of academic excellence and serving fellow UK institutes with materials and device processing. There are currently 28 EPSRC grants for which material supplied by the CF has been authorised, a very clear indication of the important role it plays in UK III-Vs.