Seiichirou Higashi

Last Updated :2024/05/08

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor
E-mail
sehigahiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
  • Master of Science, Kyushu University

Research Fields

  • Interdisciplinary science and engineering;Applied physics;Plasma electronics
  • Engineering;Electrical and electronic engineering;Electron device / Electronic equipment

Research Keywords

  • low-temperautre process technology
  • thin-film transistor
  • polycrystalline silicon

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Solid State Physics
  2. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Electronic Material Engineering
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, Year, Graduation Thesis
  4. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Seminar on Electronics A
  5. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Seminar on Electronics B
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Academic Presentation in Electronics
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Exercises in Electronics A
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Exercises in Electronics A
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Exercises in Electronics B
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Exercises in Electronics B
  11. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Physics of Semiconductor Devices
  12. 2024, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Academic Year, Advanced Study in Quantum Matter
  13. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Academic Year, Advanced Study in Quantum Matter

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Development of a real-time temperature measurement technique for SiC wafer during ultra-rapid thermal annealing based on optical-interference contactless thermometry (OICT), JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 62(SC), 20230401
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  2. Growth of high-crystallinity silicon films by a combination of intermittent pulse heating and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 61(SI), 20220701
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  3. Investigation on electrical characteristics of TFTs fabricated with germanium films crystallized by atmospheric-pressure micro thermal plasma jet irradiation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 61(SC), 20220501
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  4. Millisecond Annealing by Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet and Direct Imaging of Temperature Distribution using Optical Interference Contactless Thermometry (OICT), ECS Transactions, 104(4), 63-68, 202110
  5. Activation of As Atoms in Ultrashallow Junction during Milli- and Microsecond Annealing Induced by Thermal-Plasma-Jet Irradiation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(4), 201104
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  6. Native Oxidation Growth on Ge(111) and (100) Surfaces, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(4), 201104
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  7. Formation of High-Density Pt Nanodots on SiO2 Induced by Millisecond Rapid Thermal Annealing Using Thermal Plasma Jet for Floating Gate Memory, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(8), 201108
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  8. The Impact of Y Addition into TiO2 on Electronic States and Resistive Switching Characteristics, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(6), 201106
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  9. Impact of Annealing Ambience on Resistive Switching in Pt/TiO2/Pt Structure, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E94C(5), 699-704, 201105
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  10. Characterization of Mg Diffusion into HfO2/SiO2/Si(100) Stacked Structures and Its Impact on Detect State Densities, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E94C(5), 717-723, 201105
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  11. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of Interfacial Reactions between Metal and Ultrathin Ge Oxide, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(10), 201110
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  12. Evaluation of Chemical Structure and Resistance Switching Characteristics of Undoped Titanium Oxide and Titanium-Yttrium Mixed Oxide, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(10), 201110
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  13. Fabrication of High-Performance Thin-Film Transistors on Glass Substrate by Atmospheric Pressure Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet-Induced Lateral Crystallization Technique, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 51(2), 201202
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  14. Characterization of Resistance-Switching of Si Oxide Dielectrics Prepared by RF Sputtering, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E95C(5), 879-884, 201205
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  15. Evaluation of Chemical Bonding Features and Resistance Switching Behaviors of Ultrathin Si Oxide Dielectric Sandwiched Between Pt Electrodes, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 51(6), 201206
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  16. High-Quality SiO2/Si Interface Formation and Its Application to Fabrication of Low-Temperature-Processed Polycrystalline Si Thin-Film Transistor, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 41(6A), 3646-3650, 20020601
  17. Pulsed-Laser-Induced Microcrystallization and Amorphization of Silicon Thin Films, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 40(2A), 480-485, 20010201
  18. Low Temperature Formation of Device Quality SiO2/Si Interfaces Using Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 40(6A), 4171-4175, 20010601
  19. Electrical Properties of Pulsed Laser Crystallized Lightly Doped Polycrystalline Silicon Films, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 38(8A), L857-L860, 19990801
  20. Improvement of Electrical Properties of Pulsed Laser Crystallized Silicon Films by Oxygen Plasma Treatment, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 39(4A), 1656-1659, 20000401
  21. Development of High-Performance Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs) Using Defect Control Process Technologies, IEEE Electron Device Letters, 23(7), 407-409, 20020701
  22. Stress in Pulsed-Laser Crystallized Silicon Films, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 40(2A), 731-735, 20010201
  23. Heat Treatment with High-Pressure H2O Vapor of Pulsed Laser Crystallized Silicon Films, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 39(7A), 3883-3887
  24. Electrical Properties of Pulsed Laser Crystallized Silicon Films, European Journal of Applied Physiology, 38(4A), 1892-1897, 19990401
  25. High Quality Gate-SiOx and SiOx/Si Interface Formation at Low Temperature Using Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 42, L814-L817, 20030401
  26. Effect of Chemical Composition of SiOx Films on Rapid Formation of Si Nanocrystals Induced by Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation, Phys. Status Solidi, C7(3-4), 732-734, 2010
  27. Characterization of Interfaces between Chemically-Cleaned or Thermally-Oxidized Germanium and Metals, ECS Trans, 33(6), 253-262, 2010
  28. Formation of Pseudo-Expitaxial Ge Films on Si(100) by Droplet of Ge Microliquid, ECS Trans, 33(6), 165-170, 2010
  29. Control of Grain Growth Using Amorphous Si Strips and Slit Masks Induced by Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet Crystallization, 112(18), pp67-70, 20120401
  30. Control of Schottky Barrier Height at Al/Ge Junctions by Ultrathin Layer Insertion, 112(92), pp.53-58, 20120601
  31. Control of Schottky Barrier Height at Al/p-Ge Junctions by Ultrathin Layer Insertion, ECS Trans, 50(9), 449.-457, 2012
  32. Grain Growth Control during Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet Irradiation Using Amorphous Si Strips and Slit Masks, ECS Trans, 50(8), 29-34, 2012
  33. Kinetics of thermally oxidation of Ge(100) surface, J. Phys.Conf. Series, 417(1), 2013
  34. Layer Transfer and Simultaneous Activation of Phosphorous Atoms in Silicon Films by Near-Infrared Semiconductor Diode Laser Irradiation, Mat. Res. Soc.Symp. Proc., 1426, 275-280, 2012
  35. Layer Transfer and Simultaneous Crystallization of Amorphous Si Films with Mid-Air Structure Induced by Near-Infrared Semiconductor Diode Laser Irradiation, ECS Trans, 50(8), pp. 43-48, 20121001
  36. Electrical characterization of Ge microcrystallites by atomic force microscopy using a conducting probe, THIN SOLID FILMS, 457(1), 103-108, 20040601
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  37. Impact of rapid thermal O-2 anneal on dielectric stack structures of hafnium aluminate and silicon dioxide formed on Si(100), JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 43(11B), 7831-7836, 200411
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  38. Characterization of interfacial oxide layers in heterostructures of hafnium oxides formed on NH3-nitrided Si(100), JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 43(11B), 7890-7894, 200411
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  39. Characterization of atom diffusion in polycrystalline Si/SiGe/Si stacked gate, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E88C(4), 646-650, 200504
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  40. Application of plasma jet crystallization technique to fabrication of thin-film transistor, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 44(1-7), L108-L110, 2005
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  41. Characterization of germanium nanocrystallites grown on SiO2 by a conductive AFM probe technique, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E88C(4), 705-708, 200504
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  42. A new crystallization technique of Si films on glass substrate using thermal plasma jet, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 244(1-4), 8-11, 20050515
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  43. Formation of microcrystalline germanium (mu c-Ge : H) films from inductively coupled plasma CVD, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 244(1-4), 12-15, 20050515
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  44. Influence of substrate dc bias on crystallinity of silicon films grown at a high rate from inductively-coupled plasma CVD, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 244(1-4), 39-42, 20050515
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  45. Control of the nucleation density of Si quantum dots by remote hydrogen plasma treatment, APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 244(1-4), 75-78, 20050515
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  46. Pulsed laser crystallization of very thin silicon films, THIN SOLID FILMS, 487(1-2), 63-66, 20050901
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  47. Crystallization of Si films on glass substrate using thermal plasma jet, THIN SOLID FILMS, 487(1-2), 122-125, 20050901
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  48. Pulsed laser annealing of thin silicon films, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 45(4A), 2437-2440, 200604
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  49. In-situ observation of rapid crystalline growth induced by excimer laser irradiation to Ge/Si stacked structure, THIN SOLID FILMS, 508(1-2), 53-56, 20060605
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  50. Characterization of electronic charged states of P-doped Si quantum dots using AFM/Kelvin probe, THIN SOLID FILMS, 508(1-2), 186-189, 20060605
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  51. Decay characteristics of electronic charged states of Si quantum dots as evaluated by an AFM/Kelvin probe technique, THIN SOLID FILMS, 508(1-2), 190-194, 20060605
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  52. Crystallization of Si in millisecond time domain induced by thermal plasma jet irradiation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 45(5B), 4313-4320, 200605
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  53. Analysis of transient temperature profile during thermal plasma jet annealing of si films on quartz substrate, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 45(5B), 4355-4357, 200605
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  54. Control of substrate surface temperature in millisecond annealing technique using thermal plasma jet, THIN SOLID FILMS, 515(12), 4897-4900, 20070423
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  55. Growth of crystallized ge films from VHF inductively-coupled plasma of H-2-diluted GeH4, THIN SOLID FILMS, 515(12), 4971-4974, 20070423
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  56. Evaluation of dielectric reliability of ultrathin HfSiOxNy in metal-gate capacitors, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E90C(5), 962-967, 200705
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  57. Melting and solidification of microcrystalline Si films induced by semiconductor diode laser irradiation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS, 46(3B), 1276-1279, 200703
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  58. Characterization of chemical bonding features and defect state density in HfSiOxNy/SiO2 gate stack, MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 84(9-10), 2386-2389, 2007
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  59. Nucleation study of hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (mu c-Si : H) films deposited by VHF-ICP, THIN SOLID FILMS, 516(11), 3497-3501, 20080401
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  60. Crystallization of amorphous Ge films induced by semiconductor diode laser annealing, THIN SOLID FILMS, 516(11), 3595-3600, 20080401
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  61. Effect of He addition on the heating characteristics of substrate surface irradiated by Ar thermal plasma jet, THIN SOLID FILMS, 516(11), 3680-3683, 20080401
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  62. In-situ measurement of temperature variation in Si wafer during millisecond rapid thermal annealing induced by thermal plasma jet irradiation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 47(4), 2460-2463, 200804
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  63. Self-assembling formation of Ni nanodots on SiO2 induced by remote H-2 plasma treatment and their electrical charging characteristics, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 47(4), 3099-3102, 200804
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  64. Characterization of multistep electron charging and discharging of a silicon quantum dots floating gate by applying pulsed gate biases, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 47(4), 3103-3106, 200804
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  65. Growth of Si crystalline in SiOx films induced by millisecond rapid thermal annealing using thermal plasma jet, SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS, 52(3), 377-380, 200803
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  66. Progress on charge distribution in multiply-stacked Si quantum dots/SiO2 structure as evaluated by AFM/KFM, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E91C(5), 712-715, 200805
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  67. Formation of Low-Defect-Concentration Polycrystalline Silicon Films by Thermal Plasma Jet Crystallization Technique, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 47(8), 6949-6952, 200808
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  68. Low temperature high-rate growth of crystalline Ge films on quartz and crystalline Si substrates from VHF inductively-coupled plasma of GeH(4), THIN SOLID FILMS, 517(1), 216-218, 20081103
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  69. Impact of impurity doping into Si quantum dots with Ge core on their electrical charging characteristics, THIN SOLID FILMS, 517(1), 306-308, 20081103
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  70. Millisecond Rapid Thermal Annealing of Si Wafer Induced by High-Power-Density Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation and Its Application to Ultrashallow Junction Formation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 48(4), 200904
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  71. Characterization of interfacial reaction and chemical bonding features of LaOx/HfO2 stack structure formed on thermally-grown SiO2/Si(100), MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 86(7-9), 1650-1653, 2009
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  72. Formation of High Crystallinity Silicon Films by High Speed Scanning of Melting Region Formed by Atmospheric Pressure DC Arc Discharge Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet and Its Application to Thin Film Transistor Fabrication, APPLIED PHYSICS EXPRESS, 3(6), 2010
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  73. Formation of High-Quality SiO2 and SiO2/Si Interface by Thermal-Plasma-Jet-Induced Millisecond Annealing and Postmetallization Annealing, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 49(8), 201008
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  74. Characterization of Microcrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors Fabricated by Thermal Plasma Jet Crystallization Technique, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 49(3), 2010
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  75. Activation of B and As in Ultrashallow Junction During Millisecond Annealing Induced by Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 49(4), 2010
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  76. Formation mechanism of metal nanodots induced by remote plasma exposure, JOURNAL OF OPTOELECTRONICS AND ADVANCED MATERIALS, 12(3), 626-630, 201003
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  77. Application of Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation to Crystallization and Gate Insulator Improvement for High-Performance Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 50(3), 201103
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  78. Characterization of chemical bonding features at metal/GeO2 Interfaces by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 88(7), 1549-1552, 201107
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  79. Impact of insertion of ultrathin TaOx, layer at the Pt/TiO2 interface on resistive switching characteristics, MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, 88(7), 1152-1154, 201107
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  80. Direct observation of grain growth from molten silicon formed by micro-thermal-plasma-jet irradiation, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 101(17), 20121022
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  81. Control of Interfacial Reaction of HfO2/Ge Structure by Insertion of Ta Oxide Layer, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E96C(5), 674-679, 201305
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  82. Evaluation of Chemical Composition and Bonding Features of Pt/SiOx/Pt MIM Diodes and Its Impact on Resistance Switching Behavior, IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, E96C(5), 702-707, 201305
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  83. Layer Transfer and Simultaneous Crystallization Technique for Amorphous Si Films with Midair Structure Induced by Near-Infrared Semiconductor Diode Laser Irradiation and Its Application to Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 52(5), 201305
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  84. Leading Wave Crystallization Induced by Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet Irradiation of Amorphous Silicon Films, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 52(5), 201305
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  85. Investigation of silicon grain structure and electrical characteristics of TFTs fabricated using different crystallized silicon films by atmospheric pressure micro-thermal-plasma-jet irradiation, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 53(3), 201403
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  86. Highly-Crystallized Ge:H Film Growth from GeH4 Very High Frequency Inductively-Coupled Plasma: Crystalline Nucleation Initiated by Ni Nanodots, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 52(11), 201311
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  87. Characterization of Resistive Switching Behaviors of RF Sputtered Si Oxide Resistive Random Access Memories with Ti-Based Electrodes, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 52(11), 201311
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  88. Fabricating metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors on a polyethylene terephthalate substrate by applying low-temperature layer transfer of a single-crystalline silicon layer by meniscus force, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 103(23), 20131202
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  89. Low-temperature layer transfer of midair cavity silicon films to a poly(ethylene terephthalate) substrate by meniscus force, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 53(1), 201401
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  90. A technique for local area transfer and simultaneous crystallization of amorphous silicon layer with midair cavity by irradiation with near-infrared semiconductor diode laser, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 53(4), 201404
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  91. Fabrication of N-channel single crystalline silicon (100) thin-film transistors on glass substrate by meniscus force-mediated layer transfer technique, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 53(10), 201410
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  92. Improvement in Characteristic Variability of TFTs Using Grain Growth Control by Micro Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation on a-Si Strips, JOURNAL OF DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY, 10(11), 950-955, 201411
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  93. Investigations on crack generation mechanism and crack reduction by buffer layer insertion in thermal-plasma-jet crystallization of amorphous silicon films on glass substrate, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 54(1), 201501
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  94. Meniscus-force-mediated layer transfer technique using single-crystalline silicon films with midair cavity: Application to fabrication of CMOS transistors on plastic substrates, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 54(4), 04DA08-1-04DA08-5, 201504
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  95. High-efficiency impurity activation by precise control of cooling rate during atmospheric pressure thermal plasma jet annealing of 4H-SiC wafer, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 54(6), 06GC01-1-06GC01-8, 201506
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  96. Pre-Amorphization and Low-Temperature Implantation for Efficient Activation of Implanted As in Ge(100), ECS Trans, 64(6), 423-429, 20141001
  97. Fabricating High-Performance Silicon Thin-Film Transistor by Meniscus Force Mediated Layer Transfer Technique, ECS Trans, 64(10), 17-22, 20141001
  98. Effect of Grain Growth Control by Atmospheric Micro-Thermal- Plasma-Jet Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Strips on TFT Characteristics, ECS Trans, 64(10), 23-29, 20141001
  99. Formation of silicon-on-insulator layer with midair cavity for meniscus force-mediated layer transfer and high-performance transistor fabrication on glass, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 54(8), 086503-1-086503-7, 201508
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  100. High-temperature and high-speed oxidation of 4H-SiC by atmospheric pressure thermal plasma jet, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 56(4), 201704
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  101. Generation of ultra high-power thermal plasma jet and its application to crystallization of amorphous silicon films, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 56(6), 201706
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  102. Extremely high-power-density atmospheric-pressure thermal plasma jet generated by the nitrogen-boosted effect, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 57(6), 06JH01-1-06JH01-4, 201806
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  103. Estimation of Phosphorus-implanted 4H-SiC Layer Recrystallization by EBSD Pattern Analysis, Mat. Sci. Forum, 821-823, 391-394, 2015
  104. Properties of Al Ohmic Contacts to n-type 4H-SiC Employing a Phosphorus-Doped and Crystallized Amorphous-Silicon Interlayer, Mat. Sci. Forum, 778-780, 649-652, 2014
  105. XPS Study of Energy Band Alignment between Hf-La Oxides and Si(100), Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 38(3), 353-357, 2013
  106. Resistive Switching Properties of SiOx/TiO2 Multi-Stack in Ti-electrode MIM Diodes, ECS Trans., 58(9), 293-300, 2013
  107. Determination of Energy Band Alignment in Ultrathin Hf-based Oxide/Pt System, J. Phys. Conf. Ser.,, 417(1)
  108. Characterization of Ultrathin Ta-oxide Films Formed on Ge(100) by ALD and Layer-by-Layer Methods, J. Phys,Conf. Ser.,, 417(1), 2013
  109. Formation of Pd Nanodots Induced by Remote Hydrogen Plasma Treatment and Its Application to Floating Gate MOS Memories, IEICE Trans. on Electronics, E92-C(5), 616-619, 2009
  110. Surface Potential Changes Induced by Physisorption of Si-tagged Protein A on HF-last Si(100) and Thermally Grown SiO2 surface, ECS Trans.,, 19(22), 35-43, 2009
  111. Electronic Charged States of Pt-silicide Nanodots as Evaluated by Using an AFM/Kelvin Probe Technique, Trans. MRS-J.,, 34(2), 309-312, 2009
  112. Formation of Si Nanocrystals in SiOx Films Induced by Thermal Plasma Jet Annealing and Its Application to Floating Gate Memory, ECS Trans.,, 16(9), 177-182, 2008
  113. In-situ Monitoring of Si Wafer Temperature during Millisecond Rapid Thermal Annealing, ECS Trans.,, 13(1), 31-36, 2008
  114. Evaluation of Chemical Bonding Features and Resistance Switching Behaviors of Ultrathin Si Oxide Dielectric Sandwiched Between Pt Electrodes, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 51(6S), 2012
  115. Nucleation Control for High Density Formation of Si-based Quantum Dots on Ultrathin SiO2, ECS. Trans.,, 16(10), 255-260, 2008
  116. Light Emitting Diode with MOS Structures Containing Multiple-Stacked Si Quantum Dots, Solid State Phenomena, 121-123, 557-560, 2007
  117. Characterization of Electronic Charged States of Nickel Silicide Nanodots Using AFM/Kelvin Probe Technique, Mat. Sci. Forum, 561-565, 1213-1216, 2007
  118. High Rate Growth of Highly-Crystallized Ge Films on Quartz from VHF Inductively-Coupled Plasma of GeH4 + H2, Mat. Sci. Forum, 561-565, 1209-1212, 2007
  119. Electrical Characteristics of Lightly-Doped Si Films Crsytallized by Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 32, 465-468, 2007
  120. Fabrication of Polycrystalline Si Thin Film Transistor Using Plasma Jet Crystalliztion Technique, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 30, 283-286, 2005
  121. Study of Charged States of Si Quantum Dots with Ge Core, Electrochem. Soc. Trans.,, 3(7), 257-262, 2006
  122. Fabrication of Multiply-Stacked Si Quantum Dots for Floating Gate MOS Devices, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 31, 133-136, 2006
  123. Multistep Electron Charging to and Discharging from Silicon-Quantum-Dots Floating Gate in nMOSFETs, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 31, 137-140, 2006
  124. Characterization of FUSI-PtSi Formed on Ultrathin HfO2/Si(100) by Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 31, 145-148, 2006
  125. Nitridation of Ge(100) Surfaces by Vacuum-ultra violet (VUV) Irradiation in NH3 Ambience, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 31, 153-156, 2006
  126. Impact of Nitrogen Incorporation into Yittrium Oxide on Chemical Bonding Features and Electrical Properties, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 31, 157-160, 2006
  127. Photoemission Study of Ultrathin HfSiON/Si(100) Systems, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 31, 125-128, 2006
  128. Photoemission Study of Ultrathin GeO2/Ge Heterostructures Formed by UV-O3 Oxidation, J. of Surf. Sci. and Nanotech.,, 4, 174-179, 2006
  129. Electrical Characterization of HfAlOx/SiON Dielectric Gate Capacitors, Trans. Mat. Res. Soc. Jpn.,, 30, 205-208, 2005
  130. Characterization of Charge Trapping and Dielectric Breakdown of HfAlOX/SiON Dielectric Gate Stack, Electrochem. Soc. Trans.,, 1(1), 163-172, 2005
  131. Single-grain Si TFTs with ECR-PECVD gate SiO2, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices,, 51, 500-502, 2004
  132. Defect control Process Technologies for High-Performance Polycrystalline Si Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication, Solid State Phenomena, 93, 49-54, 2003
  133. Analysis of free-carrier optical absorption used for characterization of microcrystalline silicon films, Solar Energy Mat. & Solar Cells, 66, 389-395, 2001
  134. Characterization of pulsed laser crystallization of silicon thin film, Solar Energy Mat. & Solar Cells, 66, 381-387, 2001
  135. Reduction of defects of polycrystalline silicon thin films by heat treatment with high-pressure H2O vapor, Solar Energy Mat. & Solar Cells, 66, 577-583, 2001
  136. Stochastic Electron Acceleration by an Electron Cyclotron Wave Propagating in an Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,, 65(9), 2860-2866, 1996
  137. New Microwave Launcher for Producing ECR Plasmas without Window Contamination I. Excitation of Electron Cyclotron Wave, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 32(4), 1818-1821, 1993
  138. Overdense Plasma Production Using Electron Cyclotron Waves, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,, 60(5), 1600-1607, 1991
  139. Single-Crystalline Si-CMOS Circuit Fabrication on Polyethylene Terephthalate Substrate by Meniscus Force-Mediated Layer Transfer, IEEE JOURNAL OF THE ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY, 7(1), 943-948, 20190603
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  140. In situ monitoring to visualize temperature distribution in molten silicon region formed under atmospheric pressure thermal plasma jet irradiation, Applied Physics Express, 13(1), 015507-1-015507-5, 20191203
  141. Development of high-yield layer transfer process of single-crystalline silicon thin films on plastic substrate and its application to multi-functional device integration, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 59(SGGJ02), SGGJ02-1-SGGJ02-8, 20200401
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  142. Band-energy estimation on silicon cap annealed 4H-SiC surface using hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, SURFACE SCIENCE, 696, 202006
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  143. Precise measurement of the temperature of a silicon wafer by an optical-interference contactless thermometer during rapid plasma processing, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 127(20), 20200529
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  144. Large area annealing by magnetic field scanning of atmospheric pressure thermal plasma beam, JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 59, 202006
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  145. Direct observation of ultra-rapid solid phase crystallization of amorphous silicon films irradiated by micro-thermal-plasma-jet, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 121, 105357-1-105357-9, 20200820
  146. Investigation on characteristics of millisecond solid phase crystallized silicon films annealed by atmospheric pressure DC arc discharge micro-thermal-plasma-jet and their application to bottom-gate thin film transistors fabrication, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 60(10), 105502-1-105502-7, 202110
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Publications such as books

  1. 2004, THIN FILM TRANSISTORS Materials and processes Volume 2 Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Film Transistors , Kluwer Academic Publisher (Dordrecht), 2004, Scholarly Book, Cocompilation

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Generation of Reactive Atmospheric-Pressure Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet and Its Application to Organic Film Etching, H. Kato, H. Hanafusa, T. Sato, S. Hayashi, S. Higashi, 43rd International Symposium on Dry Process (DPS2022), 2022/11/24, Without Invitation, English, Osaka, Japan+ｵﾝﾗｲﾝ
  2. Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet Technology for Semiconductor Device Manufacturing, S. Higashi, A. Kameda, H. Kato, and H. Hanafusa, 15th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and its Applications for Nitrides and Nanomaterials 16th International Conference on Plasma-Nano Technology & Science (ISPlasma2023/IC-PLANTS2023), 2023/03/05, With Invitation, English, Gifu, Japan
  3. 3-D Imaging of Temperature Variations in 4H-SiC Schottky Barrier Diode under Operation based on Optical Interference Contactless Thermometry, S. Higashi, A. Kameda, H. Kato, and H. Hanafusa, 13th International Workshop on New Group IV Semiconductor Nanoelectronics, 2023/01/23, With Invitation, English, Sendai, Japan
  4. Single Crystalline Silicon CMOSFETs on Plastic and Their Application to Highly Sensitive Virus Detection System, S. Higashi, R. Sumichika, T. Suehiro, H. Hanafusa, and Y. Okamura, 29th International Display Workshops (IDW'22), 2022/12/14, With Invitation, English, Fukuoka, Japan
  5. Ultra-fast Etching of Photoresist by Reactive Atmospheric-pressure Thermal Plasma Jet, H. Kato, H. Hanafusa, T. Sato, S. Higashi, 2022 International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing (ISSM2022), 2022/12/12, Without Invitation, English, KFC Hall, Tokyo
  6. Research on Real-Time Temperature Measurement for SiC Wafer during Ultra-Rapid Thermal Annealing Based on Optical-Interference Contactless Thermometry (OICT), J. Yu, K. Fujimoto, K. Matsuguchi, T. Sato, H. Hanafusa and S. Higashi, International Workshop on Nanodevice Technologies 2022,in Memory of M. Hirose (IWNT2022), 2022/03/11, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima, Japan
  7. Direct Imaging of Semiconductor Device Self-heating Based on Optical Interference Contactless Thermometry, S. Higashi, International Workshop on Nanodevice Technologies 2022,in Memory of M. Hirose (IWNT2022), 2022/03/11, With Invitation, English, Hiroshima,Japan
  8. Transient Temperature Imaging in SiC Wafer During Thermal-Plasma-Jet Annealing Based on Optical-Interference Contactless Thermometry, J. Yu, K. Fujimoto, K. Matsuguchi, T. Sato, H. Hanafusa and S. Higashi, 2021/11/11, Without Invitation, English
  9. Automatic Temperature Measurement of SiC Wafer During Millisecond Thermal Processing Based on Optical-Interference Contactless Thermometry (OICT), Jiawen Yu, Keiya Fujimoto, Kotaro Matsuguchi, Takuma Sato, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Seiichiro Higashi, 2021/09/10, Without Invitation, English
  10. Growth of High Crystallinity Silicon Films by Intermittent Pulse Heating assisted Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, T. Nojima, H. Hanafusa, T. Sato, S. Hayashi, S. Higashi, 42nd International Symposium on Dry Process (DPS2021), 2021/11/18, Without Invitation, English, Online Symposium
  11. Visualization of Transient Internal Temperature Changes during SiC-Schottky Barrier Diode Operation using Optical-Interference Contactless Thermometry, K. Fujimoto, H. Hanafusa, T. Sato, S. Higashi, 13th European Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ECSCRM 2020.2021), 2021/10/24, Without Invitation, English, Tours, France and Virtual conference
  12. Millisecond Annealing by Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet and Direct Imaging of Temperature Distribution Using Optical Interference Contactless Thermometry (OICT), S. Higashi, 240th ECS Meeting, 2021/10/10, With Invitation, English, Digital Meeting
  13. Application of Millisecond Solid Phase Crystallization of Silicon Films Induced by Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet to Bottom-Gate Thin-Film Transistors, Nguyen ThiKhanh Hoa, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Seiichiro Higashi, 2021/09/21, Without Invitation, English
  14. Effects of Crystallization Conditions on the Electrical Characteristics of P-type Ge TFTs Formed by Atmospheric Pressure Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet Irradiation, T. Sato, H. Hanafusa, S. Higashi, 2021 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials(SSDM2021), 2021/09/06, Without Invitation, English, ALL-VIRTUAL Conference
  15. Characteristics of Millisecond Solid Phase Crystallized Silicon Films Formed by Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet and Their Application to Bottom-Gate Thin Film Transistor, Hoa ThiKhanh Nguyen , Hiroaki Hanafusa, Ryuji Kawakita, Kazuki Segawa, Seiichiro Higashi, 2021 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials(SSDM2021), 2021/09/06, Without Invitation, English, ALL-VIRTUAL Conference
  16. Defect Control in Quasi Single-crystalline Silicon Strips on Insulator Formed by Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet, S. Higashi, International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of advanced Materials (Thermec'2021), 2021/06/01, With Invitation, English, Virtual Conference
  17. Characteristics of Millisecond Solid Phase Crystallization of Phosphorus Doped Silicon Film Annealed by Thermal-Plasma-Jet Irradiation, Nguyen ThiKhanh Hoa, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Seiichiro Higashi, 2021/03/16, Without Invitation, English
  18. Investigation on millisecond solid phase crystallization of amorphous silicon films induced by micro thermal plasma jet, Hoa ThiKhanh Nguyen, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Yuri Mizukawa, Shohei Hayashi, Seichiiro Higashi, 2020/10/22, Without Invitation, English, Online virtual meeting
  19. Characteristics of Rapidly Solid Phase Crystallized Amorphous Silicon Films Formed by Micro-Thermal-Plasma Jet Irradiation, Hoa ThiKhanh Nguyen, H. Hanafusa, Y. Mizukawa, S. Hayashi, S. Higashi, 2020 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2020), 2020/09/27, Without Invitation, English, ALL-VIRTUAL conference
  20. Investigation on Rapid Solid Phase Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Films Induced by Micro-Thermal-Plasma Jet, Nguyen ThiKhanh Hoa, Yuri Mizukawa, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Seichiiro Higashi, 2020/09/08, Without Invitation, English
  21. Investigation the solid phase crystallization kinetics at the high-temperature region by annealing amorphous silicon using micro-thermal-plasma jet, 2020/03/12, Without Invitation, Japanese
  22. Direct Observation of Ultra-rapid Solid Phase Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Films Irradiated by Micro-Thermal Plasma Jet, S. Higashi, 8th International Symposium on Control of Semiconductor Interfaces(ISCSI-VIII), 2019/11/27, With Invitation, English, Sendai, Japan
  23. Measurement of the Thermo-Optic Coefficient and Verification of Absolute Temperature for Plasma Processing Application of Optical Interference Contactless Thermometer of Silicon Wafer, A. Kameda, H. Hanafusa and S. Higashi, 41st International Symposium on Dry Process (DPS2019), 2019/11/21, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima, Japan
  24. Precise determination of Temperature Distribution in Molten on Insulating Substrate Silicon Formed by Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet Annealing, Y. Mizukawa, A. Kameda, H. Hanafusa and S. Higashi, 41st International Symposium on Dry Process (DPS2019), 2019/11/21, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima, Japan
  25. Large Area Annealing by Magnetic Field Scanning of Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Beam, K. Segawa, H. Hanafusa, Y. Mizukawa and S. Higashi, 41st International Symposium on Dry Process (DPS2019), 2019/11/21, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima, Japan
  26. Single-Crystalline Silicon CMOS Fabrication on PET By Meniscus Force Mediated Layer Transfer Technique, S. Higashi, 236th Electrochem. Soc. (ECS) Meeting, 2019/10/13, With Invitation, English, Atlanta, GA, USA
  27. Investigation on Electrical Characteristics of 4H-SiC Schottky-Barrier-Diodes after Silicon-Cap-Annealing, D. Todo, H. Hanafusa, S. Higashi, International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2019 (ICSCRM 2019), 2019/09/29, Without Invitation, English, Kyoto, Japan
  28. Direct observation of phase transformation and transient reflectivity of amorphous silicon film during micro-thermal plasma jet irradiation, Nguyen ThiKhanh Hoa, Yuri Mizukawa, Hiroaki Hanafusa, Seichiiro Higashi, 2019/09/18, Without Invitation, English
  29. Two-dimensional Visualization of Temperature Distribution in Molten Region of a-Si Film during Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet Annealing, Y. Mizukawa, A. Kameda, H. Hanafusa and S. Higashi, 2019 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2019), 2019/09/02, Without Invitation, English, Nagoya, Japan
  30. Development of High Yield Layer Transfer Process of Single Crystalline Silicon Thin Film on Plastic Substrate and Its Application to Floating Gate Memory Fabrication, T. Hirano, R. Mizukami, T. Yamashita, F. Kondo, H. Hanafusa, Y. Mizukawa and S. Higashi, 2019 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2019), 2019/09/02, Without Invitation, English, Nagoya, Japan
  31. Generation of Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Beam by Nitrogen Addition to Ar DC Arc Discharge, K. Segawa, H. Hanafusa, Y. Mizukawa, and S. Higashi, 2019 Asia-Pacific Workshop Fundamentals and Applications of Advanced Semiconductor Dev. (AWAD2019), 2019/07/01, Without Invitation, English, Busan, Korea
  32. Visualization of Temperature Field in Molten Silicon Formed by Thermal Plasma Jet Induced Ultra-rapid Annealing, S. Higashi, 2019 Int. Thin-Film Transistor Conf. (ITC2019), 2019/02/28, With Invitation, English, Naha, Japan
  33. Ultra-rapid Phase Transformation of Amorphous Germanium Thin-Films on Insulator Induced by Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiatio, S. Higash, 12th International WorkShop on New Group IV Semiconductor Nanoelectronics, 2018/12/06, With Invitation, English, Sendai, Japan
  34. Melting and Crystallization of Amorphous Germanium Films on Insulating Substrate By Atmospheric Pressure Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet,, S. Higash, H. Harada, and T. Nakatani, 2018 ECS and SMEQ Joint Int. Meeting, 2018/09/30, Without Invitation, English, Cancun, Mexico
  35. Meniscus Force Mediated Transfer of Single-Crystalline Silicon Thin Films on PET Substrate and Its Application to CMOS Circuit Fabrication, S. Higashi, 18th International Meeting on Information Display (IMID2018), 2018/08/28, With Invitation, English, Busan, Korea
  36. Nitrogen-boosted Atmospheric Pressure Thermal-Plasma-Jet Generation and Its Application to Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Films on Flexible Glass, S. Higashi, Int. Thin-Film Transistor Conf. (ITC2018), 2018/02/28, With Invitation, English, Guangzhou, China
  37. Low Temperature Formation of SiNx Encapsulation Films by Remote Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition, S. Higashi, M. Wei, T. Kanamaru, 24th Int.Display Workshops (IDW'17), 2017/12/06, Without Invitation, English, Sapporo, Japan
  38. Atmospheric pressure micro-thermal-plasma-jet irradiation on amorphous germaniumstrips and its application to thin film transistor fabrication, S. Higashi, H. Harada, T. Nakatani, 2016 Asia-Pacific Workshop on Fundamentals and Applications of Advanced Semiconductor Devices (AWAD2016), 2016/07/04, Without Invitation, English, Hakodate, Japan
  39. Activation of Impurity Atoms in 4H-SiC Wafer by Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation, S. Higashi, 16th International Workshop on Junction Technology (IWJT2016 ), 2016/05/09, With Invitation, English, Shanghai, China
  40. Silicon CMOS on glass and plastic - Crystallization and layer transfer approaches -, S. Higashi, Semiconductor Tech. Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors V, 2015/06/14, With Invitation, English
  41. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Processing and Layer Transfer Technique for Thin-Film Device Fabrication on Glass and Plastic Substrates, S. Higashi, 2014 Int. Workshop Junction Tech. (IWJT-2014), 2014/05/18, With Invitation, English, Shanghai, China
  42. Low-Temperature Formation of Single-Crystalline Silicon on Glass and Plastic Substrates and Its Application to MOSFET Fabrication, S. Higashi, K. Sakaike, S. Hayashi, S. Morisaki, M. Akazawa, S. Nakamura, and T. Fukunaga, Int. Display Workshops (IDW'13), 2013/12/04, With Invitation, English, Sapporo, Japan
  43. Growth Control of Crystalline Silicon during Microsecond Phase Transformation and Its Application to Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication, S. Higashi, S. Hayashi, S. Morisaki, and Y. Fujita, AMFPD13, 2013/06/26, With Invitation, English, Kyoto, Japan
  44. Application of Atmospheric Pressure Micro-Thermal-Plasma-Jet to Ultra Rapid Thermal Annealing for Semiconductor Device Fabrication, S. Higashi, Int. Workshop Junction Tech. (IWJT-2012), 2012/05/14, With Invitation, English, Shanghai, China
  45. Rapid Thermal Annealing by Atmospheric Pressure Micro-thermal–Plasma–jet and Its Application to Thin FilmTransistor Fabrication –Crystallization Doping, and Reliability Improvement, S. Higashi, 2012 Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, 2012/04/09, With Invitation, English, San Francisco, USA
  46. Fabrication of High Performance TFTs by Atmospheric Pressure Micro-thermal-plasma-jet Induced Lateral Crystallization Technique, S. Higashi, S. Hayashi, Y. Nishida, and R. Matsubara, 2011 Mat. Res. Soc. Spring Meeting, 2011/04/25, Without Invitation, English, San Francisco, USA
  47. Millisecond Annealing Induced by Atmospheric Pressure Thermal Plasma Jet Irradiation and Its Application to Ultra Shallow Junction Formation, S. Higashi, 2010 Int. Workshop Junction Tech. (IWJT-2010), 2010/05/10, With Invitation, English, Shanghai, China
  48. Control of Growth Orientation during Rapid Solidification of Si Microliquid, S. Higashi, N. Koba, T. Matsumoto, and S. Miyazaki, 23rd Int. Conf. Amorphous Nanocrystalline Semiconductors (ICANS23), 2009/08/23, Without Invitation, English, Utrecht, Netherlands
  49. Millisecond Thermal Processing for TFT and ULSI, S. Higashi, Semiconductor Tech. Ultra Large Scale Integrated Circuits and Thin Film Transistors II, 2009/07/05, With Invitation, English, Xi'an,China
  50. Application of Thermal Plasma Jet to Crystallization of Amorphous Si Films on Glass Substrate and Thin Film Transistor Fabrication, S. Higashi, 6th Asian-European Int. Conf. Plasma Surf. Eng. (AEPSE 2007) Workshop on Flat-panel and Flexible Devices, 2007/09/28, With Invitation, English, Nagasaki, Japan
  51. Ultrarapid thermal annealing induced by DC arc discharge plasma jet its application, S. Higashi, H. Kaku, T. Okada, H. Murakami, and S. Miyazaki, 5th Int. Symp. Nanotechnol. JAPAN NANO 2007, 2007/02/20, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo, Japan
  52. Ultrarapid Thermal Annealing Induced by DC Arc Discharge Plasma Jet Irradiation, S. Higashi, H. Kaku, T. Okada, T. Yorimoto, H. Murakami, and S. Miyazaki, Fifth Hiroshima Int. Workshop Nanoelectronics for Tera-Bit Information Processing, 2007/01/29, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo, Japan
  53. Comparison of Defect Densities in Excimer Laser and Thermal Plasma Jet Crystallized Si Films, S. Higashi, T. Yorimoto, T. Okada, H. Kaku, H. Murakami, and S. Miyazaki, 3rd Int. TFT Conf., 2007/01/25, Without Invitation, English, Rome, Italy
  54. Ultrarapid Thermal Annealing Induced by Plasma Jet Irradiation and Its Application to Thin Film Transistor Fabrication, S. Higashi, H. Kaku, T. Okada, H. Murakami, and S. Miyazaki, Int. 21st Century COE Symp. Atomistic Fabrication Tech., 2006/10/19, Without Invitation, English, Osaka, Japan
  55. Rapid Thermal Annealing Technique Using Thermal Plasma Jet and Its Application to Thin Film Transistor Fabrication, S. Higashi, 12th Int. Display Workshop/Asia Display 2005, 2005/12/06, With Invitation, English, Takamatsu, Japan
  56. Formation of Si Nano-Crystals by Millisecond Annealing of SiOx Films using Thermal Plasma Jet, S. Higashi, T. Okada, N. Fujii, N. Koba, H. Murakami, and S. Miyazaki, Fourth Hiroshima Int. Workshop Nanoelectronics Tera-Bit Information Processing, 2005/09/16, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima, Japan
  57. Rapid Thermal Annealing of Thin Films in Millisecond Time Domain Using Thermal Plasma Jet, S. Higashi, AM-LCD 05, 2005/07/06, With Invitation, English, Kanazawa, Japan
  58. Crystallization of Amorphous Si Films on Glass Substrate Using Plasma Jet and Its Application to Thin Film Transistor Fabrication, S. Higashi, H. Kaku, T. Okada, H. Taniguchi, H. Murakami, and S. Miyazaki, 3rd Hiroshima Int. Workshop Nanoelectronics Tera-Bit Information Processing, 2004/12/06, Without Invitation, English, Hiroshima, Japan
  59. Crystallization of Si Films on Glass Substrate Using Thermal Plasma Jet, S. Higashi, H. Kaku, H. Taniguchi, H. Murakami, and S. Miyazaki, Int. Conf. Polycrystalline Semiconductors 2004 (POLYSE), 2004/09/05, Without Invitation, English, Potsdam, Germany
  60. Crystallization of Si Thin Film Using Thermal Plasma Jet and Its Application to Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication, S. Higashi, H. Kaku, H. Murakami, S. Miyazaki, M. Asami, H. Watakabe, N. Ando, and T. Sameshima, AM-LCD 04, 2004/08/25, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo Japan
  61. Interface – The Key to High-Performance Poly-Si TFT Fabrication, S. Higashi, D. Abe, K. Miyashita, T. Kawamura, S. Inoue, and T. Shimoda, 2003/05/18, With Invitation, English, Baltimore USA
  62. Defect control Process Technologies for High-Performance Polycrystalline Si Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication,, S. Higashi, D. Abe, Y. Hiroshima, K. Miyashita, T. Kawamura, S. Inoue, and T. Shimoda, 7th Int. Conf. Polycrystalline Semiconductors VII (POLYSE VII), 2002/09/10, Without Invitation, English, Nara, Japan
  63. Effect of SiO2/Si Interface Quality on the Performance of Polycrystalline Si Thin-Film Transistor, S. Higashi, D. Abe, Y. Hiroshima, K. Miyashita, T. Kawamura, S. Inoue, and T. Shimoda, AM-LCD 02, 2002/07/10, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo, Japan
  64. Low Temperature Process Technologies and Their Application to Polycrystalline Si Thin-Film Transistor Fabrication, S. Higashi, D. Abe, S. Inoue, and T. Shimoda, AM-LCD 01, 2001/07/11, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo, Japan
  65. Pulsed-Laser-Induced Microcrystallization and Amorphization of Silicon Thin Films, S. Higashi, S. Inoue, T. Shimoda and T. Sameshima, AM-LCD 01, 2001/07/11, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo, Japan
  66. Low Temperature Process Technologies for The Next Generation High Performance Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistors, S. Higashi, D. Abe, S. Inoue and T. Shimoda, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp., 2001/04/16, With Invitation, English, San Francisco, USA
  67. Low Temperature Process Technologies and "Process Integration," for High Performance Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Transistors, S. Higashi, Electrochem. Soc. Proc, 2000/10/23, With Invitation, English, Phoenix, USA
  68. Low Temperature Formation of Device Quality MOS Interface Using SiO Evaporation in Oxygen Radical Atmosphere, S. Higashi, D. Abe, Y. Tsunoda and T. Sameshima, Tech. Pap. AM-LCD 2000, 2000/07/12, Without Invitation, English, Tokyo, Japan
  69. Electrical Properties of Excimer Laser Crystallized Polycrystalline Silicon Films, S. Higashi, Tech. Pap. AM-LCD 99, 1999/07/14, With Invitation, English, Tokyo, Japan
  70. A 1.8-in. Poly-Si TFT-LCD for HDTV Projectors with a 5-V Fully Integrated Driver, S. Higashi, Y. Matsueda, S. Takenaka, M. Miyasaka, I. Yudasaka, and H. Ohshima, Society for Information Display 95, 1995/05/16, Without Invitation, English, Orlando, USA

Patented

  1. Patent, JP4072625, 2008/02/01

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers, 2011/02/10, 2014/03/31
  2. KAKENHI, Control of Electronic Properties of One-Dimensionally Self-Aligned Si-Ge based Quantum Dots and Its Electroluminescence, 2009, 2012
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  3. KAKENHI, The fabrication of super atom structure using Si based self-assembled quantum dots and its electron state control, 2003, 2005
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