- Compound semiconductors (Cd1-xZnxTe, InSb, Si1-xGex, etc.)
- Sensors (particle detectors, IR detectors, X-ray detectors, etc.)
- Radiation-induced defects to semiconductors (formation, macroscopic impact, annealing)
- Device simulation (1D, 2D, and 3D)
- Compensated semiconductors
- Contact and nano-contacts to semiconductors
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- Deep level characterization (Laplace DLTS)
- Memristors
- New semiconductor materials
- 2D materials
Prof. Arie Ruzin
School of Electrical Engineering
ביה"ס להנדסת חשמל
סגל אקדמי בכיר
Research
Publications
- Y. Nemirovsky, D. Goren, A. Ruzin, "A model for the growth of CdTe by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition", J. Electron. Mater. 20, No.8, pp. 609-613 (1991).
- Ruzin and Y. Nemirovsky, "Photon assisted growth of HgTe by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition", J. Electron. Mater. 22, pp. 281-288 (1993).
- Y. Nemirovsky, A. Ruzin and A. Bezinger, "UV photon assisted control of interface charge between CdTe substrates and Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition CdTe epilayers", J. Electron. Mater. Vol. 22, No. 8, pp. 977-983 (1993).
- Ruzin, A. Bezinger and Y. Nemirovsky, "Photon assisted reduction of interface charge between CdTe substrates and metalorganic chemical vapor deposition CdTe epilayers", J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 995-997 (1993).
- Y. Nemirovsky ,A. Ruzin, G. Asa and J. Gorelik, "Study of the charge collection efficiency of CdZnTe radiation detectors", J. Electron. Mater. Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 1221-1231 (1996).
- R. Sudharsanan, T. Parodos, N. K. Karam, A. Ruzin and Y. Nemirovsky "CdZnTe photodiode arrays for medical imaging", J. Electron. Mater. Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 1318-1322 (1996).
- Y. Nemirovsky ,A. Ruzin, G. Asa and J. Gorelik, "Study of contacts to CdZnTe radiation detectors", J. Electron. Mater. Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 756-764 (1997).
- Ruzin and Y. Nemirovsky, "Statistical Models for Charge Collection Efficiency and Variance in Semiconductor Spectrometers”, J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 82, No. 6, pp. 2754-2758 (1997).
- Ruzin and Y. Nemirovsky, "Methodology for evaluation of mobility-lifetime product by spectroscopy measurements in CdZnTe spectrometers”, J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 82, No. 9, pp. 4166-4171 (1997).
- Ruzin and Y. Nemirovsky, "Passivation and surface leakage in CdZnTe spectrometers”, Appl. Phys. Lett, Vol. 71, No. 15, pp. 2214-2215 (1997).
- Ruzin and Y. Nemirovsky, “Performance study of CdZnTe spectrometers”, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 409, pp. 232-235 (1998).
- Y.Nemirovsky, G.Asa, C.G.Jacobson, A.ruzin and J.Gorelik, " Dark noise currents and energy resolution of CdZnTe spectrometers”, J. Electron. Mater, Vol.27, No.6; pp.800-806 (1998).
- Y.Nemirovsky, G.Asa, A.Ruzin and J.Gorelik, " Characterization of dark noise in CdZnTe spectrometers”, J. Electron. Mater, Vol.27, No.6; pp.807-812 (1998).
- G. Casse, M. Glaser, E. Grigoriev, F. Lemeilleur, A. Ruzin, B. Sopko, A. Taffard, “Impact of mesa and planar processes on radiation hardness of Si detectors”, Nuovo Cimento, Vol. 112 A, N. 1-2, pp. 1-12 (1999).
- A. Ruzin, G. Casse and F. Lemeilleur and M. Glaser, “Studies of Radiation Hardness of Oxygen Enriched Silicon Detectors”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 426, pp. 94-98 (1999).
- A. Ruzin, G. Casse, M. Glaser, R. Talamonti, A. Zanet, F. Lemeilleur, “Radiation Hardness of Silicon Detectors Manufactured on Epitaxial Material and FZ Bulk Enriched with Oxygen, Carbon, Tin and Platinum”, Nucl. Phys. B, vol. 78, pp. 645-649 (1999).
- A. Ruzin, G. Casse, M. Glaser, R. Talamonti, A. Zanet, F. Lemeilleur, S. Watts, “Comparison of Radiation Damage in Silicon for Proton and Neutron Irradiations”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 1310-1313 (October, 1999).
- G. Casse, M. Glaser, F. Lemeilleur, A. Ruzin, M. Wegrzecki, “Introduction of high oxygen concentrations into silicon wafers by high-temperature diffusion”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 438, pp. 429-432 (1999).
- L. Fonseca, M. Lozano, F. Campabadal, C. Martínez, M. Ullán, B. S. Avset, A. Ruzin, F. Lemeilleur, E. Nossarzewska-Orlowska, “Silicon wafer oxygenation from SiO2 layers for radiation hard detectors”, Journal of Microelectronics Reliability, Volume 40, Issues 4-5, pp. 791-794 (April 2000).
- A. Ruzin, “Recent results from the RD48 (ROSE) collaboration”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 447, pp. 116-125 (2000).
- A. Ruzin, G. Casse, M. Glaser, F. Lemeilleur, J. Mtheson, S. Watts, A. Zanet, “Radiation effects in silicon detectors processed on carbon and oxygen-rich substrates”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 3, pp. 257-261 (2000).
- A. Ruzin, Y. Rosenwaks, N. Croitoru, G. Lubarsky, “Nano-Scale Potential Profiles of Silicon Particle Detectors Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 461, pp. 229-232 (2001).
- G. Lindstrom, .. A. Ruzin, et al., “Radiation hard silicon detectors – developments by the RD48 (ROSE) collaboration”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 466, pp. 308-326 (2001).
- G. Lindstrom, .. A. Ruzin, et al., “Develpements for radiation hard silicon detectors by defect engineering – results by the CERN RD48 (ROSE) collaboration”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 465, pp. 60-69 (2001).
- A. Ruzin, S. Marunko, "Current mechanisms in silicon PIN structures processed with various technologies", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 492, pp. 411-422 (2002).
- A. Ruzin, “On Thermal Activation of Interface Generated Currents in High Resistivity Silicon Devices”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 512, pp. 8-20 (2003).
- Arie Ruzin, S. Marunko, T. Tilchyn, “Comparison of bulk and interface generation in silicon PIN detectors”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 512, pp. 21-29 (2003).
- M. Nathan1, O. Levy, I. Goldfarb, and A. Ruzin: "Monolithic coupling of a SU8 waveguide to a silicon photodiode", J. Appl. Phys. 94 (12), pp. 7932-7934 (DEC 15 2003).
- A. Ruzin, "Novel X- and gamma- ray sensors based on bulk-grown silicon-germanium", IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 50 (12), pp. 2581-2583 (DEC 2003).
- A. Ruzin, S. Marunko, Y. Gusakov, "Study of bulk grown silicon-germanium radiation detectors ", J. Appl. Phys., Vol.94, No.12, pp. 7932-7934, (15 December 2003).
- A. Ruzin, I. Torchinski, I. Goldfarb, "Electrical measurements of structural defects in Cd0.9Zn0.1Te by Atomic Force Microscopy based methods", Semicond. Sci. Technol. Vol. 19, pp. 644-647 (2004).
- Arie Ruzin, S. Marunko, N.V. Abrosimov, H. Riemann, "Dark properties and transient current response of Si0.95Ge0.05 n+p devices", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 518, pp. 373-375 (2004).
- Iris Visoly-Fisher, Sidney R. Cohen, Arie Ruzin, David Cahen, "How polycrystalline devices can outperform single-crystal ones: Thin film CdTe/CdS solar cells", J. Adv. Mater., Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 879-883 (2004).
- M. Bruzzi, .. A. Ruzin, et al., "Radiation-hard semiconductor detectors for SuperLHC", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 541 (1-2), pp. 189-201 (2005).
- M. Moll, .. A. Ruzin, et al., "Development of radiation tolerant semiconductor detectors for the Super-LHC ", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 546 (1-2), pp. 99-107 (2005).
- Fretwurst E, Adey J, Al-Ajili A, .. A. Ruzin, et al., "Recent advancements in the development of radiation hard semiconductor detectors for S-LHC", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 552 (1-2), pp. 7-19 (2005).
- A. Inberg, A. Ruzin, I. Torchinsky, V. Bogush, Nathan Croitoru, Y. Shacham-Diamand, "Annealing influence on electrical transport mechanism of electroless deposited very thin Ag(W) films", Thin Solid Films Vol. 496, pp. 515-519 (2006).
- A. Ruzin, I. Torchinsky, "Computer simulation and AFM characterization of standard and irradiated SiPIN devices", Nucl. Phys. B. Vol. 150, pp. 172-176 (2006).
- I. Yaroslavski, A. Ruzin, "Characterization of radiation related damage in bulk-grown silicon-germanium detectors", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 562 (1), pp. 311-319 (2006).
- R. Daniel, A. Ruzin and Y. Roizin, " Trap generation in cycled hot electron injection programmed/hot hole erased silicon–oxide-nitride–oxide–silicon memories", J. of Appl. Phys, 99 (4): Art. No. 044502 (FEB 15 2006).
- Iris Visoly-Fisher, Sidney R. Cohen, Konstantin Gartsman, Arie Ruzin, and David Cahen, "Understanding the Beneficial Role of Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline Solar Cells from Single-Grain-Boundary Scanning Probe Microscopy", ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 16 (5), pp. 649-660 (MAR 20 2006).
- G.Cohen-Taguri, M.Levinshtein, A.Ruzin, I.Goldfarb, "Real-space identification of the CZT(110)surface atomic structure by scanning tunneling microscopy", Surface Sci., Vol. 602 (3), pp. 712-723 (February 2008).
- Ramiz Daniel, Arie Ruzin, Yakov Roizin, and Yossi Shaham-Diamand, Subthreshold slope and transconductance degradation model in cycled hot electron injection programed/hot hole erased silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon memories", J. Appl. Phys. Vol. 104(5), pp. N/A (Sept. 2008).
- Gili Cohen-Taguri, Ori Sinkevich, Mario Levinshtein , Arie Ruzin, and Ilan Goldfarb, " Atomic structure and electrical properties of In(Te) nano-contacts on CdZnTe(110) by scanning probe microscopy", Adv. Funct. Mater., Vol. 20(2), 215(2010)..
- A. Ruzin, Y. Soifer, S. Marunko, Y. Gusakov, T. Fishman, and Z. Calahorra, "Study of insulator traps in InSb InSb/SiOx /Metal devices", J. Appl. Phys. 2107, 084510-1 (2010).
- Arie Ruzin, Nikolai Abrosimov, Piotr Litovchenko, "Study of lithium diffusion into silicon-germanium crystals", Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 617, pp. 588-590 (2010).
- A. Ruzin, "Simulation of Schottky and Ohmic Contacts on CdTe", J. Appl. Phys., 109(1), 014509(2011).
- A. Ruzin, “Current simulation of symmetric contacts on CdTe”, Nucl. Instr. And Meth. A., 658(1), 118(2011).
- A. Affolder, A. Aleev, P. P. Allport, et. al., “Silicon detectors for the sLHC”, Nucl. Instr. And Meth. A, 658(1), 11(2011).
- A. Ruzin, “Simulating Downscaling of Ohmic Contacts on Wide-Bandgap Low-Resistivity Semiconductors”, IEEE Trans. On Elect. Dev., Vol. 59(6), 1668(2012).
- A. Ruzin, “Response to "Comment on 'Simulation of Schottky and Ohmic Contacts on CdTe'", J. Appl. Phys., 111, 026103(2012).
- G. Cohen-Taguri, A. Ruzin, and I. Goldfarb, “Self-assembled formation and transformation of In/CdZnTe(110) nano-rings into camel-humps”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 213116 (2012).
- A. Ruzin, O. Sinkevich, G. Cohen-Taguri, I. Goldfarb, "Anomalous behavior of epitaxial indium nano-contacts on cadmium-zinc- telluride", Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 101, 132108 (2012).
- A. Ruzin, "Simulation of metal-semiconductor-metal devices on heavily compensated Cd0.9Zn0.1Te", J. Appl. Phys. 112, 104501 (2012).
- A. Ruzin, “Simulation of compensated and overcompensated Cd1-xZnxTe”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, 718, 361(2013).
- A. Ruzin, "Scaling effects in ohmic contacts on semiconductors," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 117, 164502 (2015).