University of Kansas

Alan Elliot

Judy Zhihong Wu

Rongtao Lu

Allen Hase

An apparatus for in situ fabrication of multilayer heterostructures is provided comprising a first vacuum chamber adapted for atomic layer deposition and comprising a first stage docking assembly configured to dock a detachable stage configured to support a substrate; a second vacuum chamber adapted for ultra-high vacuum physical or chemical vapor deposition and comprising a second stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage; a load lock vacuum chamber between the first and second vacuum chambers and comprising a third stage docking assembly configured to dock the detachable stage, the load lock vacuum chamber coupled to the first vacuum chamber via a first shared valve and coupled to the second vacuum chamber via a second shared valve; and a substrate transport vacuum chamber comprising a substrate transfer device, the substrate transfer device configured to detachably couple to the detachable stage and to transfer the substrate supported by the detachable stage in situ between the first vacuum chamber, the second vacuum chamber and the load lock vacuum chamber.

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Lee's Summit, MO, United States of America

Alan Elliot