JILA frequency comb system detects gas impurities to aid semiconductor manufacturing

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 09:36 in Physics & Chemistry

Purity of ingredients is a constant concern for the semiconductor industry, because a mere trace of contaminants can damage or ruin tiny devices. In a step toward solving a long-standing problem in semiconductor manufacturing, scientists at JILA and collaborators have used their unique version of a "fine-toothed comb" to detect minute traces of contaminant molecules in the arsine gas used to make a variety of photonics devices.

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