Principal activites

• Research taking the World's biggest industry (silicon chips) into the nanoscale
• Epitaxial growth of Si, Ge and SiGe alloys, including C
• Electrical and structural characterisation of epitaxial material
• Development of strain tuning platforms
• Study of device physics
• Integration of optoelectronics with nanoelectronics into a silicon photonics technology
• Creation of on-chip electronic refrigerators
• Training of PhD students
• Orchestration of UK and European projects in nanoelectronics

80nm gate length, strained SiGe MOSFET fabricated by Warwick together with European partners.

 

Unique academic facility for growth of silicon based heterostructures, including a fully qualified industrial LP-CVD tool.

 Epitaxy company spun out in 2004.

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