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Damage protection from focused ion beam process toward nanocavity-implemented compound semiconductor nanowire lasers

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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 13, Pages -

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IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acb0d5

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focused ion beam; nanowire; time-resolved spectroscopy; photoluminescence; laser

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By using FIB technology, we found that the Al2O3 coating can effectively protect nanowires from damage during the FIB process and maintain their optical properties. This study proves the importance of FIB for future nanofabrication.
A focused ion beam (FIB) can precisely mill samples and freely form any nanostructure even on surfaces with curvature, like a nanowire surface, which are difficult to implement by using conventional fabrication techniques, e.g. electron beam lithography. Thus, this tool is promising for nanofabrication; however, fabrication damage and contamination are critical issues, which deteriorate optical properties. In this work, we investigated the protective performance of Al2O3 against the FIB process (especially by a gallium ion). Nanowires were coated with Al2O3 as a hard mask to protect them from damage during FIB nanofabrication. To estimate the protective performance, their emission properties by photoluminescence measurement and time-resolved spectroscopy were compared with and without Al2O3 coating conditions. From the results, we confirmed that the Al2O3 coating protects the nanowires. In addition, the nanowires also showed lasing behavior even after FIB processing had been carried out to implement nanostructures. This indicates that their optical properties are well maintained. Thus, our study proves the usefulness of FIBs for future nanofabrication.

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