Publications

2023

  1. Characterization of Prismatic Slip in SiC Crystals by Chemical Etching Method
    S. Hu, S. Fang, Y. Liu, Q. Cheng, H. Peng, Z. Chen, Y. Gao, C. Gao, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Materials Science Forum, 1089, 45-50 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-6dx2v3
  2. Investigation of Defect Generation and Propagation in Electrically and Photonically Stressed Silicon Carbide
    H. Peng, Y. Liu, Z. Chen, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, J. Watson, K. Sampayan, S. Sampayan, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Defect and Diffusion Forum, 425, 43-49 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-1×9513
  3. Analysis of Basal Plane Dislocation Motion Induced by p+ Ion Implantation Using Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    Z. Chen, Y. Liu, H. Peng, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Defect and Diffusion Forum, 426, 71-78 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-4mo61y
  4. Effective Penetration Depth Investigation for Frank Type Dislocation (Deflected TSDs/TMDs) on Grazing Incidence Synchrotron X-Ray Topographs of 4H-SiC Wafers
    Q. Cheng, H. Peng, Z. Chen, S. Hu, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Defect and Diffusion Forum, 426, 57-64 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-h6l351
  5. Analysis of Strain in Ion Implanted 4H-SiC by Fringes Observed in Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    Z. Chen, Y. Liu, H. Peng, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Defect and Diffusion Forum, 426, 51-56 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-di3si0
  6. Application of Synchrotron X-Ray Topography Techniques to the Analysis of Defect Microstructures in Bulk GaN Substrates and Epilayers for Power Devices
    Y. Liu, S. Hu, Z. Chen, Q. Cheng, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    ECS Trans. 111(2), 117 (2023)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1149/11102.0117ecst
  7. LauePt4 for rapid recognition and fitting of Laue patterns from crystals with unknown orientations
    VW. Huang, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56 (5), 1610-1615 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576723007926

2022

  1. Characterization of Prismatic Slip in PVT-Grown AlN Crystals
    S. Hu, H. Fang, Y. Liu, H. Peng, Q. Cheng, Z. Chen, R. Dalmau, J. Britt, R. Schlesser, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Journal of Crystal Growth, 126548 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2022.126548
  2. Strain mapping of GaN substrates and epitaxial layers used for power electronic devices by synchrotron X-ray rocking curve topography
    Y. Liu, Z. Chen, S. Hu, H. Peng, Q. Cheng, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    Journal of Crystal Growth 583, 126559 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2022.126559
  3. Synchrotron X-ray topographic characterization of dislocations in 6H-SiC axial samples
    H. Peng, Y. Liu, Z. Chen, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley, K. Sampayan, S. Sampayan
    Journal of Crystal Growth 579, 126459 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2021.126459
  4. Dislocation Contrast Analysis in Weak Beam Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    H. Peng, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, X. Huang, L. Assoufid, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Materials Science Forum 1062, 356-360 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-u7m9jr
  5. Investigation of Lattice Strain in High Energy Implanted 4H-SiC Wafers by Al or N Atoms
    Z. Chen, H. Peng, Y. Liu, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Materials Science Forum 1062, 361-365 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-m7sftq
  6. Synchrotron X-Ray Topography Characterization of Power Electronic GaN Materials
    Y. Liu, H. Peng, Z. Chen, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley, R. Collazo, Z. Sitar, J. Tweedie, M. Bockowski, V. Meyers, F S. Shahedipour-Sandvik, B. Li, J. Han
    Materials Science Forum 1062, 351-355 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-dd26nr
  7. Ray-Tracing Simulation Analysis of Effective Penetration Depths on Grazing Incidence Synchrotron X-Ray Topographic Images of Basal Plane Dislocations in 4H-SiC Wafers
    Q. Cheng, H. Peng, S. Hu, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Materials Science Forum 1062, 366-370 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.4028/p-2kzz01
  8. Static Performance and Reliability of 4H-SiC Diodes with P+ Regions Formed by Various Profiles and Temperatures
    S. A. Mancini, S. Jang, Z. Chen, D. Kim, J. Lynch, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Kang, A. Agarwal, N. Mahadik, R. Stahlbush, M. Dudley, W. Sung
    IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium, P62-1-P62-6 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1109/IRPS48227.2022.9764538
  9. Quantitative analysis of dislocations in 4H-SiC wafers using synchrotron X-ray topography with ultra-high angular resolution
    H. Peng, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, X. Huang, L. Assoufid, M Dudley
    Journal of Applied Crystallography 55, 544-550 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722004046
  10. Effect of Annealing Conditions on Recovery of Lattice Damage in a High-Energy-Implanted 4H-SiC Superjunction PIN Diode
    Z. Chen, Y. Liu, H. Peng, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley, R. Ghandi, S. Kennerly, P. Thieberger
    ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology 11, 065003 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1149/2162-8777/ac7351

2021

  1. Prismatic Slip in AlN Crystals Grown By PVT
    S. Hu, H. Fang, Y. Liu, H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, Q. Cheng, Z. Chen, R. Dalmau, J. Britt, R. Schlesser, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    ECS Trans., 104 (7), 57-64, (2021).
    https://doi.org/10.1149/10407.0057ecst
  2. Microstructure Analysis of GaN Epitaxial Layers During Ion Implantation Using Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    Y. Liu, H. Peng, Z. Chen, T. Ailihumaer, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    ECS Trans. 104 113 (2021).
    https://doi.org/10.1149/10407.0113ecst
  3. Characterization of 4H-SiC Lattice Damage After Novel High Energy Ion Implantation
    Z. Chen, Y. Liu, H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, Q. Cheng, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley
    ECS Trans. 104 75 (2021)
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/10407.0075ecst/meta
  4. Crystal Defect Investigation in PVT-Grown ZnSe Under Different Seeding Conditions and Growth Configurations Using Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    Q Cheng, Z Chen, H Peng, Y Liu, S Hu, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    ECS Trans. 104 3 (2021).
    https://doi.org/10.1149/10405.0003ecst
  5. Investigation of Dislocations in 6H-SiC Axial Samples Using Synchrotron X-Ray Topography and Ray Tracing Simulation
    H. Peng, Y. Liu, T. Ailihumaer, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, K. Sampayan, S. Sampayan
    ECS Trans. 104 147 (2021)
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/10407.0147ecst/meta
  6. Influence of Surface Relaxation on the Contrast of Threading Edge Dislocations in Synchrotron X-ray Topographs Under the Condition of g.b = 0 and g.bxl=0
    H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, F. Fujie, Z. Chen, B. Raghothamachar and M. Dudley
    J. Appl. Cryst., 54,  439-443, (2021).
    https://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S160057672100025X
  7. Synchrotron X-ray topographic image contrast variation of screw-type basal plane dislocations located at different depths below the crystal surface in 4H-SiC
    F.Fujie, H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley, S. Harada, M. Tagawa, T. Ujihara
    Acta Materialia, 208, 116746, (2021).
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645421001269
  8. X-ray Topography Characterization of GaN Substrates Used for Power Electronic Devices
    Y. Liu, H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, B. Raghothamachar, and M. Dudley
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 50 (7), 2981–2989, (2021). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11664-021-08762-6
  9. Synchrotron X-ray Topography Studies of Dislocation Behavior During Early Stages of PVT Growth of 4H-SiC Crystals
    T. Ailihumaer, H. Peng, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley, G. Chung, I. Manning, and E. Sanchez
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 50 (7), 3258–3265, (2021)
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-021-08827-6
  10. Characterization of Hazy Morphology on AlInP/GaAs Epitaxial Wafers Grown by Organometallic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy
    H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, Y. Liu, K. Kisslinger, X. Tong, B. Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 50 (7), 3006–3012, (2021).
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11664-021-08832-9
  11. Characterization of Dislocations in 6H-SiC Wafer Through X-Ray Topography and Ray-Tracing Simulations
    Q. Cheng, T. Ailihumaer, Y. Liu, H. Peng, Z. Chen, B. Raghothamachar, and M. Dudley
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 50 (7), 4104-4117, (2021).
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11664-021-08888-7
  12. Surface relaxation and photoelectric absorption effects on synchrotron X-ray topographic images of dislocations lying on the basal plane in off-axis 4H-SiC crystals
    T. Ailihumaer, H. Peng, F. Fujie, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley, S. Harada, and T. Ujihara
    Mater. Sci. and Engin., B 271, 115281, (2021).
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921510721002415?dgcid=rss_sd_all
  13. Application of synchrotron X-ray topography to characterization of ion implanted GaN epitaxial layers for the development of vertical power devices
    Y. Liu, H. Peng, Z. Chen, T. Ailihuamaer, S. Hu, B. Raghothamachar and M. Dudley
    MRS Advances 6 (17) 450–455 (2021).
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1557/s43580-021-00098-x
  14. Dislocation contrast on X-ray topographs under weak diffraction conditions
    H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, X. Huang, L. Assoufid, and M. Dudley
    J. Appl. Cryst., 54, 1225-1233, (2021).
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/iucr/doi/10.1107/S1600576721006592

2020

  1. Characterization of defects and strain in the (AlxGa (1− x)) 0.5 In0. 5P/GaAs system by synchrotron X-ray topography
    H Peng, T Ailihumaer, Y Liu, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Journal of Crystal Growth 533, 125458
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024819306736
  2. Ray Tracing Simulation of Images of Dislocations and Inclusions on X Ray Topographs of GaAs Epitaxial Wafers
    H Peng, T Ailihumaer, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 1-9
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-020-07981-7
  3. Relationship Between Basal Plane Dislocation Distribution and Local Basal Plane Bending in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC Crystals
    T Ailihumaer, H Peng, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, G Chung, …
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 1-10
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-019-07937-6
  4. The improvement of Mo/4H-SiC Schottky diodes via a P2O5 surface passivation treatment
    A.B. Renz, V.A. Shah, O.J. Vavasour, Y. Bonyadi, F. Li, T. Dai, G.W.C. Baker, S. Hindmarsh, Y. Han, M. Walker, Y. Sharma, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley, P.A. Mawby, and P.M. Gammon
    J. Appl. Phys., 127, 025704-1 – 025704-9, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5133739
  5. X-ray topography characterization of gallium nitride substrates for power device development
    B. Raghothamachar, Y. Liu, H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, F. Shadi Shahedipour-Sandvik, K.A. Jones, A. Armstrong, A.A. Allerman, J. Han, H. Fu, K. Fu, and Y. Zhao
    Journal of Crystal Growth, 544, 125709, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2020.125709
  6. Progress in Bulk 4H SiC Crystal Growth for 150 mm Wafer Production
    I. Manning, Y. Matsuda, G. Chung, E. Sanchez, M. Dudley, T. Ailihumaer, and B. Raghothamachar
    Materials Science Forum, 1004, 37-43, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1004.37
  7. Investigation of Dislocation Behavior at the Early Stage of PVT-grown 4H-SiC Crystals
    T. Ailihumaer, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley, G. Chung, I. Manning, and E. Sanchez
    Materials Science Forum, 1004, 44-50, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1004.44
  8. X-Ray Topography Characterization of Large Diameter AlN Single Crystal Substrates
    Raf. Dalmau, J. Britt, H. Fang, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley and R. Schlesser
    Materials Science Forum, 1004, 63-68, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1004.63
  9. Synchrotron X-ray Topography Study on the Relationship between Local Basal Plane Bending and Basal Plane Dislocations in PVT-grown 4H-SiC Substrate Wafers
    T. Ailihumaer, H. Peng, B. Raghothamachar, M. Dudley, G. Chung, I. Manning, and E. Sanchez
    Materials Science Forum, 1004, 393-400, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1004.393
  10. Synchrotron X-ray Topography Characterization of Commercial GaN Substrates for Power electronic Applications
    Y. Liu, S. Hu, H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, B. Raghothamachar and M. Dudley
    ECS Trans., 98 (6), 21-34, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1149/MA2020-02261808mtgabs
  11. Characterization of Hazy Morphology on AlInP/GaAs Epitaxial Wafers Grown by Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy
    H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachara and M. Dudley
    ECS Trans., 98(6), 109-116, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1149/09806.0109ecst
  12. Characterization of Dislocations in 4H-SiC Single Crystals at the Initial Growth Stage by Synchrotron X-ray Topography
    T. Ailihumaer, H. Peng, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, and M. Dudley
    ECS Trans., 98 (6), 125-132, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1149/09806.0125ecst
  13. Analysis of Dislocations in PVT-Grown 6H-SiC through Grazing-Incidence X-Ray Topographic Images and Ray-Tracing Simulation
    Q. Cheng, T. Ailihumaer, H. Peng, Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, and M. Dudley
    ECS Trans., 98 (6), 133-145, (2020).
    https://doi.org/10.1149/09806.0133ecst
  14. Synchrotron X-ray topography characterization of high quality ammonothermal-grown gallium nitride substrates
    Y. Liu, B. Raghothamachar, H. Peng, T. Ailihumaer, M. Dudley……
    J. Cryst. Growth 551, 125903, (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2020.125903.

 

2019

  1. Analysis of Basal Plane Dislocation Dynamics in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC Crystals during High Temperature Treatment
    B Raghothamachar, Y Yang, J Guo, M Dudley
    ECS Transactions 92 (7), 131
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/09207.0131ecst/meta
  2. Relationship between Basal Plane Dislocation and Local Basal Plane Bending in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC Crystals
    T Ailihumaer, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    ECS Transactions 92 (7), 123-130
    https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/236/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/127571
  3. Studies on Lattice Strain Variation due to Nitrogen Doping by Synchrotron X-ray Contour Mapping Technique in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC Crystals
    T Ailihumaer, Y Yang, J Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Journal of Electronic Materials 48 (5), 3363-3369
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-019-07077-x
  4. X-Ray Topography
    B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    https://dl.asminternational.org/handbooks/book/100/chapter-abstract/2122224/X-Ray-Topography?redirectedFrom=fulltext
  5. Analysis of Basal Plane Dislocation Dynamics in 4H-SiC Crystals during High Temperature Treatment
    B Raghothamachar, Y Yang, JQ Guo, M Dudley
    Materials Science Forum 963, 268-271
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.963.268
  6. Study of Nitrogen Doping Effect on Lattice Strain Variation in 4H-SiC Substrates by Synchrotron X-Ray Contour Mapping Method
    T Ailihumaer, Y Yang, JQ Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Materials Science Forum 963, 336-340
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.963.336
  7. Influence of Dopant Concentration on Dislocation Distributions in 150mm 4H SiC Wafers
    I Manning, GY Chung, E Sanchez, M Dudley, T Ailihumaer, JQ Guo, …
    Materials Science Forum 963, 60-63
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.963.60

 

2018

  1. Homoepitaxial HVPE GaN: A potential substrate for high performance devices
    JA Freitas Jr, JC Culbertson, NA Mahadik, MJ Tadjer, S Wu, …
    Journal of Crystal Growth 500, 104-110
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024818303646
  2. Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Technologies 7
    B Raghothamachar, K Shenai
    Electrochemical Society
    https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=hxFaDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR2&ots=_M5L6LW-kM&sig=Oyqd4n0miR5Xxyj3r2_vQDgsHWY#v=onepage&q&f=false
  3. In-Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Topography Study on the Stress Relaxation Process in 4H-SiC Homoepitaxial Layers
    J Guo, T Ailihumaer, H Peng, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    ECS Transactions 86 (12), 75
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/08612.0075ecst/meta
  4. Evaluation of Model for Determining Nitrogen Doping Concentration from Resultant Strain in Heavily Doped 4H-SiC Crystals
    T Ailihumaer, Y Yang, J Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    ECS Transactions 86 (12), 53
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/08612.0053ecst/meta
  5. Penetration Depth and Defect Image Contrast Formation in Grazing-Incidence X-ray Topography of 4H-SiC Wafers
    Y Yang, J Guo, OY Goue, JG Kim, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, …
    Journal of Electronic Materials 47 (2), 1218-1222
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-017-5863-4
  6. Characterization of strain due to nitrogen doping concentration variations in heavy doped 4H-SiC
    Y Yang, J Guo, B Raghothamachar, X Chan, T Kim, M Dudley
    Journal of Electronic Materials 47 (2), 938-943
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-017-5846-5
  7. Mapping of lattice strain in 4H-SiC crystals by synchrotron double-crystal x-ray topography
    J Guo, Y Yang, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, S Stoupin
    Journal of Electronic Materials 47 (2), 903-909
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-017-5789-x
  8. Direct Observation of Stress Relaxation Process in 4H-SiC Homoepitaxial Layers via In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    JQ Guo, Y Yang, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, S Weit, AN Danilewsky, …
    Materials Science Forum 924, 176-179
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.924.176
  9. In Situ Synchrotron X-Ray Topography Observation of Double-Ended Frank-Read Sources in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC Wafers
    Y Yang, JQ Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, S Weit, AN Danilewsky, …
    Materials Science Forum 924, 172-175
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.924.172
  10. Automated Mapping of Micropipes in SiC Wafers Using Polarized-Light Microscope
    S McGuire, R Blasi, P Wu, E Loukas, E Emorhokpor, S Dimov, XP Xu, …
    Materials Science Forum 924, 527-530
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.924.527
  11. Optimization of 150 mm 4H SiC substrate crystal quality
    I Manning, GY Chung, E Sanchez, Y Yang, JQ Guo, O Goue, …
    Materials Science Forum 924, 11-14
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.924.11
  12. High quality AlN single crystal substrates for AlGaN-based devices
    R Dalmau, HS Craft, J Britt, E Paisley, B Moody, JQ Guo, YJ Ji, …
    Materials Science Forum 924, 923-926
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.924.923

 

2017

  1. Understanding the microstructures of triangular defects in 4H-SiC homoepitaxial
    J Guo, Y Yang, B Raghothamachar, T Kim, M Dudley, J Kim
    Journal of Crystal Growth 480, 119-125
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024817306164
  2. General GaN & SiC Technologies
    M Dudley, N Ohtani
    232nd ECS Meeting (October 1-5, 2017),
    https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/232/meetingapp.cgi/Session/16960
  3. Evaluation of Hvpe GaN Layers Grown on Ammonothermal GaN Substrates By Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    S Wu, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, JA Freitas, T Sochacki, …
    Meeting Abstracts, 1331-1331
    https://ecs.confex.com/ecs/232/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/106042
  4. Estimation of Lattice Strain in 4H-SiC Commercial Wafer by Synchrotron Monochromatic X-ray Topographic Contour Mapping
    J Guo, Y Yang, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    ECS Transactions 80 (7), 245-250
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/08007.0245ecst/meta
  5. Studies on Doping Concentration Variations in 4H-SiC Substrates Using X-ray Contour Mapping
    Y Yang, J Guo, B Raghothamachar, X Chan, T Kim, M Dudley
    ECS Transactions 80 (7), 275-283
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/08007.0275ecst/meta
  6. Prismatic Slip in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC Crystals
    J Guo, Y Yang, B Raghothamachar, J Kim, M Dudley, G Chung, …
    Journal of Electronic Materials 46 (4), 2040-2044
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-016-5118-9
  7. Resolving the discrepancy between observed and calculated penetration depths in grazing incidence X-ray topography of 4H-SiC wafers
    Y Yang, JQ Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, GY Chung, E Sanchez, …
    Materials Science Forum 897, 209-213
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.897.209

 

2016

  1. Experimental verification of the model for formation of double Shockley stacking faults in highly doped regions of PVT-grown 4H–SiC wafers
    Yu Yang, Jianqiu Guo, Ouloide Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, Gil Chung, Edward Sanchez, Jeff Quast, Ian Manning, Darren Hansen
    Journal of Crystal Growth
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024816000348
  2. Synchrotron X-ray topographic study on nature of threading mixed dislocations in 4H–SiC crystals grown by PVT method
    Jianqiu Guo, Yu Yang, Fangzhen Wu, Joe Sumakeris, Robert Leonard, Ouloide Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    Journal of Crystal Growth
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024815007472
  3. Study on the Role of Thermal Stress on Prismatic Slip of Dislocations in 4H-SiC Crystals Grown by PVT Method
    Jianqiu Guo, Yu Yang, Ouloide Yannick Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    The Electrochemical Society
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/07512.0163ecst/meta
  4. Study of Minority Carrier Lifetime Killer by Synchrotron X-Ray Topography
    Ouloide Yannick Goue, Jianqiu Guo, Yu Yang, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    IOP Publishing
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/07512.0215ecst/meta
  5. Investigation of Penetration Depth and Defect Image Contrast Formation in Grazing Incidence X-ray Topography of 4H-SiC Wafers
    Yu Yang, Jianqiu Guo, Ouloide Yannick Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, G Chung, E Sanchez, I Maning
    ECS Transactions
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/07512.0239ecst/meta
  6. Projection x-ray topography system at 1-BM x-ray optics test beamline at the advanced photon source
    Stanislav Stoupin, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, Zunping Liu, Emil Trakhtenberg, Keenan Lang, Kurt Goetze, Joseph Sullivan, Albert Macrander
    AIP Conference Proceedings
    https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4952938
  7. Synchrotron X-ray topography for encapsulation stress/strain and crack detection in crystalline silicon modules
    Alessandra Colli, Klaus Attenkofer, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7513426/
  8. Studying the impact of stress/strain on cracks in laminated crystalline silicon cells: Opening the doors of synchrotron facilities to the PV module industry
    Alessandra Colli, Klaus Attenkofer, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    IEEE
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7750128
  9. Effect of doping concentration variations in PVT-grown 4H-SiC wafers
    Yu Yang, Jianqiu Guo, Ouloide Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, Gil Chung, Edward Sanchez, Jeff Quast, Ian Manning, Darren Hansen
    Journal of Electronic Materials
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-016-4378-8
  10. Direct determination of burgers vectors of threading mixed dislocations in 4H-SiC grown by PVT method
    Jianqiu Guo, Yu Yang, Fangzhen Wu, Joe Sumakeris, Robert Leonard, Ouloide Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    Journal of Electronic Materials
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-015-4317-0
  11. Study of defect structures in 6H-SiC a/m-plane pseudofiber crystals grown by hot-wall CVD epitaxy
    Ouloide Y Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Yu Yang, Jianqiu Guo, Michael Dudley, Kim Kisslinger, Andrew J Trunek, Philip G Neudeck, David J Spry, Andrew A Woodworth
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-015-4185-7
  12. Corrigendum to” Preparation, properties, and characterization of boron phosphide films on 4H-and 6H-silicon carbide”[Solid State Sci. 47 (2015) 55-60]
    Balabalaji Padavala, CD Frye, Zihao Ding, Ruifen Chen, Michael Dudley, Balaji Raghothamachar, Neelam Khan, JH Edgar
    Journal of Electronic Materials
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1293255816000133?via%3Dihub
  13. Epitaxy of boron phosphide on aluminum nitride (0001)/sapphire substrate
    Balabalaji Padavala, CD Frye, Xuejing Wang, Zihao Ding, Ruifen Chen, Michael Dudley, Balaji Raghothamachar, Peng Lu, BN Flanders, JH Edgar
    Crystal Growth & Design
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01525
  14. Current Status of the Quality of 4H-SiC Substrates and Epilayers for Power Device Applications
    M Dudley, H Wang, Jianqiu Guo, Yu Yang, Balaji Raghothamachar, J Zhang, B Thomas, G Chung, EK Sanchez, D Hansen, SG Mueller
    Materials Research Society
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-advances/article/current-status-of-the-quality-of-4hsic-substrates-and-epilayers-for-power-device-applications/22359F4FCAD785C3A52DEC963726CA2D
  15. Using ray tracing simulations for direct determination of Burgers vectors of threading mixed dislocations in 4H-SiC c-plane wafers grown by PVT method
    Jian Qiu Guo, Yu Yang, Fang Zhen Wu, Joseph J Sumakeris, RT Leonard, Ouloide Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.15
  16. Post-Growth Micropipe Formation in 4H-SiC
    Jeffrey Quast, Michael Dudley, Jian Qiu Guo, Darren Hansen, Ian Manning, Stephan Mueller, Balaji Raghothamachar, Edward Sanchez, Clinton Whiteley, Yu Yang
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.367
  17. Bulk growth of large area SiC crystals
    Adrian R Powell, Joseph J Sumakeris, Yuri Khlebnikov, Michael J Paisley, RT Leonard, Eugene Deyneka, Sumit Gangwal, Jyothi Ambati, V Tsevtkov, Jeff Seaman, Andy McClure, Chris Horton, Olek Kramarenko, Varad Sakhalkar, M O’Loughlin, Albert A Burk, JQ Guo, Michael Dudley, Elif Balkas
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.5
  18. Dislocation Characterization in 4H-SiC Crystals
    Joseph J Sumakeris, RT Leonard, Eugene Deyneka, Yuri Khlebnikov, Adrian R Powell, Jeff Seaman, Michael J Paisley, V Tsevtkov, Jian Qiu Guo, Yu Yang, Michael Dudley, Elif Balkas
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.393
  19. Mapping of Threading Screw Dislocations in 4H n-type SiC wafers
    Alexandre Ellison, Erik Sörman, Björn Sundqvist, Björn Magnusson, Yu Yang, Jian Qiu Guo, Ouloide Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.376
  20. Synchrotron X-ray Topography Analysis of Double Shockley Stacking Faults in 4H-SiC wafers
    Yu Yang, Jian Qiu Guo, Ouloide Goue, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, Gil Y Chung, Edward Sanchez, Jeffrey Quast, Ian Manning, Darren Hansen
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.105
  21. 150 mm 4H-SiC substrate with low defect density
    Yu Qiang Gao, Hong Yan Zhang, Yan Min Zong, Huan Huan Wang, Jian Qiu Guo, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, Xi Jie Wang
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.41
  22. Correlation of Lifetime Mapping of 4H-SiC Epilayers with Structural Defects using Synchrotron X-ray Topography
    OY Goue, Yu Yang, JQ Guo, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, JL Hosteller, Rachael L Myers-Ward, Paul B Klein, D Kurt Gaskill
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.858.297

 

2015

  1. Direct Determination of Burgers Vectors of Threading Mixed Dislocations in 4H-SiC c-Plane Wafers Grown by PVT Method
    J Guo, Y Yang, F Wu, OY Goue, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    ECS Transactions 69 (11), 33
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/06911.0033ecst/meta
  2. Double Shockley stacking fault formation in higher doping regions of PVT-grown 4H-SiC wafers
    Y Yang, J Guo, OY Goue, H Wang, F Wu, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, …
    ECS Transactions 69 (11), 39-46
    http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=5167294629513648932&hl=en&oi=scholarr
  3. Preparation, properties, and characterization of boron phosphide films on 4H-and 6H-silicon carbide
    B Padavala, CD Frye, Z Ding, R Chen, M Dudley, B Raghothamachar, …
    Solid State Sciences 47, 55-60
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1293255815000485
  4. Characterization of CdZnTe Single Crystals Grown Under Different Cadmium Overpressures
    CH Su, OY Goue, B Raghothomachar, M Dudley
    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20150019540.pdf
  5. Assessment of Factors Controlling the X-ray Penetration Depth in Studies of 4H-SiC using Monochromatic and White Beam Synchrotron X-ray Topography in Reflection Geometry
    Y Yang, J Guo, OY Goue, F Wu, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley
    Meeting Abstracts, 1116-1116
    http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=4174085722742804790&hl=en&oi=scholarr
  6. Characterization of V-shaped defects in 4H-SiC homoepitaxial layers
    F Wu, H Wang, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, G Chung, J Zhang, …
    Journal of Electronic Materials 44 (5), 1293-1299
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-014-3536-0
  7. Studies of the Origins of Half-Loop Arrays and Interfacial Dislocations Observed in Homoepitaxial Layers of 4H-SiC
    H Wang, M Dudley, F Wu, Y Yang, B Raghothamachar, J Zhang, G Chung, …
    Journal of Electronic Materials 44 (5), 1268-1274
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-014-3497-3
  8. In-situ characterization of defect dynamics in 4H-SiC power diodes under high-voltage stressing
    K Shenai, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, A Christou
    ECS Transactions 66 (1), 205-216
    http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=10414004912256568975&hl=en&oi=scholarr
  9. Method and system for deterministic document quality assurance
    N Evevsky, JE Bergeron, M Dudley
    US Patent 8,929,686
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US8929686B2/en
  10. GaN & SiC Power Technologies 5
    K Shenai, M Dudley, N Ohtani, M Bakowski
    The Electrochemical Society
    http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bK1ZDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR2&dq=info:bSt012lloL4J:scholar.google.com&ots=omRTxcdVMi&sig=h8CyQdZdLdqWcJBGVu2HSaSEpZM
  11. High Quality 100 mm 4H-SiC Substrate
    YQ Gao, HY Zhang, J Song, S Song, QR Liang, M Ning, C Gao, XJ Wang, …
    Materials Science Forum 821, 51-55
    https://www.scientific.net/msf.821-823.51
  12. Stacking fault formation via 2D nucleation in PVT grown 4H-SiC
    FZ Wu, HH Wang, Y Yang, JQ Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, …
    Materials Science Forum 821, 85-89
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&cluster=5406722444876152588&btnI=1&hl=en
  13. X-ray Topography Studies of Relaxation during the Homo-Epitaxy of 4H-SiC
    H Wang, M Dudley, J Zhang, B Thomas, G Chung, EK Sanchez, …
    MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive 1741
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-online-proceedings-library-archive/article/xray-topography-studies-of-relaxation-during-the-homoepitaxy-of-4hsic/479DD90FCE050DE2C0886CF6B15148D5

 

2014

  1. A method to determine fault vectors in 4H-SiC from stacking sequences observed on high resolution transmission electron microscopy images
    F Wu, H Wang, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, SG Mueller, G Chung, …
    Journal of Applied Physics 116 (16), 169901
    https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4899320
  2. Off-axis silicon carbide substrates
    J Edgar, M Dudley, M Kuball, Y Zhang, G Wang, H Chen, Y Zhang
    US Patent 8,823,014
    https://patents.google.com/patent/US8823014B2/en
  3. Synchrotron topography studies of the operation of double-ended Frank–Read partial dislocation sources in 4H-SiC
    H Wang, F Wu, S Byrappa, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, P Wu, …
    Journal of crystal growth 401, 423-430
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024814001419
  4. Characterization of Defects in SiC Substrates and Epilayers
    H Wang, F Wu, Y Yang, J Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, J Zhang, …
    ECS Transactions 64 (7), 145-152
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/06407.0145ecst/meta
  5. Stacking Fault Formation during Homo-Epitaxy of 4H-SiC
    H Wang, F Wu, Y Yang, J Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, J Zhang, …
    ECS Transactions 64 (7), 125
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/06407.0125ecst/meta
  6. Studies of Relaxation Processes and Basal Plane Dislocations in CVD Grown Homoepitaxial Layers of 4H-SiC
    H Wang, F Wu, Y Yang, J Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, J Zhang, …
    ECS Transactions 64 (7), 213-222
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/06407.0213ecst/meta
  7. Investigation of single crystal 4H-SiC growth by the Solvent–Laser Heated Floating Zone technique
    AA Woodworth, PG Neudeck, A Sayir, F Solá, M Dudley, …
    Journal of crystal growth 392, 34-40
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022024814000803
  8. Characterization of threading dislocations in PVT-grown AlN substrates via X-ray topography and ray tracing simulation
    T Zhou, B Raghothamachar, F Wu, R Dalmau, B Moody, S Craft, …
    Journal of electronic materials 43 (4), 838-842
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-013-2968-2
  9. Crystal defects in wide bandgap semiconductors
    K Shenai, A Christou, M Dudley, B Ragothamachar, R Singh
    ECS Transactions 61 (4), 283
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/06104.0283ecst/meta
  10. Heteroepitaxial Growth of Boron Phosphide on 3C-SiC/Si (100) and AlN/Sapphire (0001) Substrates
    B Padavala, C Frye, JH Edgar, Z Ding, R Chen, M Dudley, …
    Mater. Sci. Technol, 1583-1590
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Balabalaji_Padavala/publication/287634341_Heteroepitaxial_growth_of_boron_phosphide_on_3C-SiCSi100_and_AlNsapphire0001_substrates/links/5679da5608ae7fea2e98af98.pdf
  11. Effect of doping on crystalline quality of rubidium titanyl phosphate (RTP) crystals grown by the TSSG method
    J Guo, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, JJ Carvajal, A Butt, MC Pujol, …
    MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive 1698
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-online-proceedings-library-archive/article/effect-of-doping-on-crystalline-quality-of-rubidium-titanyl-phosphate-rtp-crystals-grown-by-the-tssg-method/5B712D94484F715F02D6A4745CF1FF27
  12. Direct Observation of Stacking Fault Nucleation from Deflected Threading Dislocations with Burgers Vector c+ a in PVT Grown 4H-SiC
    F Wu, H Wang, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, SG Mueller, G Chung, …
    MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive 1693
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-online-proceedings-library-archive/article/direct-observation-of-stacking-fault-nucleation-from-deflected-threading-dislocations-with-burgers-vector-ca-in-pvt-grown-4hsic/A2E82D97FACD78B0476E1E2505268FE6
  13. Defect reduction paths in SiC Epitaxy
    J Zhang, DM Hansen, VM Torres, B Thomas, G Chung, H Makoto, …
    MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive 1693
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-online-proceedings-library-archive/article/defect-reduction-paths-in-sic-epitaxy/564B1396A8AAD68D51612A200609CC93
  14. Structural Characterization of Lateral-grown 6H-SiC a/m-plane Seed Crystals by Hot Wall CVD Epitaxy
    OY Goue, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, AJ Trunek, PG Neudeck, …
    MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive 1693
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-online-proceedings-library-archive/article/structural-characterization-of-lateralgrown-6hsic-amplane-seed-crystals-by-hot-wall-cvd-epitaxy/0943B18F940594BA05D757AEFB6F74CA
  15. Measurement of Critical Thickness for the Formation of Interfacial Dislocations and Half Loop Arrays in 4H-SiC Epilayer via X-ray Topography
    HH Wang, FZ Wu, M Dudley, B Raghothamachar, GY Chung, J Zhang, …
    Materials Science Forum 778, 328-331
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.778-780.328
  16. Study of V and Y shape Frank-type Stacking Faults Formation in 4H-SiC epilayer
    HH Wang, FZ Wu, SY Byrapa, Y Yang, B Raghothamachar, M Dudley, …
    Materials Science Forum 778, 332-337
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.778-780.332

 

2013

  1. Influence of Surface Preparation of Bar-shaped Crystals on Detectors Performance
    G Camarda, AE Bolotnikov, T Chan, Y Cui, M Dudley, A Hossain, KH Kim, K Lee, B Raghothamachar, U Roy, G Yang, RB James
    BNL-102111-2013-CP
    https://www.bnl.gov/isd/documents/82845.pdf
  2. Rugged electrical power switching in semiconductors: A systems approach
    Krishna Shenai, Michael Dudley, Robert F Davis
    Proceedings of the IEEE
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6595555
  3. Synchrotron X-Ray Topography Studies of the Evolution of the Defect Microstructure in Physical Vapor Transport Grown 4H-SiC Single Crystals
    Michael Dudley, Balaji Raghothamachar, Huanhuan Wang, Fangzhen Wu, Shayan Byrappa, Gil Chung, Edward K Sanchez, Stephan Mueller, Darren Hansen, Mark Loboda
    ECS Transactions
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/05804.0315ecst/meta
  4. Quantitative comparison between dislocation densities in offcut 4H-SiC wafers measured using synchrotron X-ray topography and molten KOH etching
    Huanhuan Wang, Shun Sun, Michael Dudley, Shayan Byrappa, Fangzhen Wu, Balaji Raghothamachar, Gil Chung, Edward K Sanchez, Stephan G Mueller, Darren Hansen, Mark J Loboda
    Journal of electronic materials
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-013-2527-x
  5. Characterization and formation mechanism of six pointed star-type stacking faults in 4H-SiC
    Fangzhen Wu, Huanhuan Wang, Shayan Byrappa, Balaji Raghothamachar, Michael Dudley, Ping Wu, Xueping Xu, Ilya Zwieback
    Journal of electronic materials
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11664-012-2379-9
  6. Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Technologies 4
    M Dudley, M Bakowski, N Ohtani
    Electrochemical Society
    https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=TfBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR2&ots=V5gUvHOR9X&sig=XsLvgg4T345gHYj95g9nEFyih-Y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  7. Current status and emerging trends in wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor power switching devices
    Krishna Shenai, Michael Dudley, Robert F Davis
    ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
    https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.012308jss/meta
  8. Grazing Incidence X-ray Topographic Studies of Threading Dislocations in Hydrothermal Grown ZnO Single Crystal Substrates
    Tianyi Zhou, Balaji Raghothamachar, Fangzhen Wu, Michael Dudley
    MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-online-proceedings-library-archive/article/grazing-incidence-xray-topographic-studies-of-threading-dislocations-in-hydrothermal-grown-zno-single-crystal-substrates/48A21749840A38B175FD87CA2B954506
  9. Defect generation mechanisms in PVT-grown AlN single crystal boules
    Balaji Raghothamachar, Yu Yang, Rafael Dalmau, Baxter Moody, H Spalding Craft, Raoul Schlesser, Michael Dudley, Zlatko Sitar
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.740-742.91
  10. The Nucleation and Propagation of Threading Dislocations with c-component of Burgers Vector in PVT-Grown 4H-SiC
    Fang Zhen Wu, Michael Dudley, Huan Huan Wang, Shayan Byrappa, Shun Sun, Balaji Raghothamachar, Edward Sanchez, Gil Yong Chung, Darren M Hansen, Stephan G Mueller, Mark J Loboda
    Materials Science Forum
    https://www.scientific.net/MSF.740-742.217

Refers to Prof. Dudley’s Google Scholar page or CV for older publications