Claims
- 1. A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:
- forming a glass block of an acid inert glass having acid etchable glass rods extending therethrough, the acid etchable glass rods having an average diameter of less than 1 micron;
- partially etching one end of the acid etchable rods of the glass block to form cavities in the glass block on one surface thereof having an average diameter of less than 1 micron;
- depositing a first deposition material in the cavities to form a semiconductor device.
- 2. A method of forming a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the acid etchable glass rods and the cavities formed by partial etching have an average diameter of less than 400 .ANG..
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the semiconductor device formed is a quantum dot array.
- 4. A method of forming a semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the method includes the steps of:
- at least partially etching a second end of the acid etchable rods to form second cavities on a second surface of the glass block, the second cavities having an average diameter of less than 400 .ANG.;
- depositing a second deposition material different from the first deposition material in the second cavities to form a semiconductor device containing dissimilar deposition materials.
- 5. A method for forming a semiconductor device according to claim 4 wherein the second cavities extend through the glass block to the first deposition material.
- 6. A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising the steps of:
- forming a glass block of an acid inert glass having acid etchable glass rods extending therethrough, the acid etchable glass rods having an average diameter of less than 1 micron;
- etching the acid etchable rods in the glass block to form channels therethrough having an average diameter of less than 1 micron;
- depositing semiconductor material in the channels to substantially fill the channels and form an oriented array of semiconductor material.
- 7. A method of forming a semiconductor device according to claim 6, wherein the acid etchable glass rods and the channels formed by etching have an average diameter of less than 400 .ANG..
- 8. A method of forming a semiconductor device according to claim 6, wherein the semiconductor device comprises an oriented array of quantum wires.
- 9. A method for forming a semiconductor device according to claim 6, wherein the method includes the steps of:
- masking a plurality of the acid-etchable rods to prevent the rods from being etched;
- etching the non-masked etchable rods to form first channels;
- depositing a first deposition material to substantially the first channels to form an array of the first deposition material;
- removing the masking from the masked etchable rods;
- etching the previously masked etchable rods to form second channels;
- depositing a second deposition material different from the second deposition material to fill the second channels and to form a semiconductor device having an array of two dissimilar deposition materials.
- 10. A method for forming a semiconductor device according to claim 11, wherein the method includes the step of attaching respective contacts to each of the two dissimilar deposition materials.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/897,638, filed Jun. 12, 1992, U.S. Pat. No. 5,264,722.
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