- Education:
- Ph.D student, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of
Physics, September 2002-present.
- Superviser: Professor Alex Demkov
- Thesis title: "Theoretical investigation of transition metal oxides
as high-k materials in CMOS technology"
- B.S. Tbilisi State University, Georgia, May 2001.
- Work experience:
- Graduate Research Assistant, June 2004-present.
- Teaching Assistant, September 2002- May 2004.
- Publications:
- O. Sharia, A. A. Demkov, G. Bersuker, and B. H. Lee,
"Effects of aluminum incorporation on band alignment at the
SiO2/HfO2
interface" will be published in Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008).
- J. Robertson, O. Sharia, and A.A. Demkov,
"Fermi level pinning by defects in HfO2-metal
gate stacks" Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 132912 (2007).
- A. A. Demkov, O. Sharia, J. K. Lee,
"Theoretical analysis of high-k dielectric gate stacks"
Microelectronics Engineering, 84, 2032 (2007).
- A. A. Demkov, O. Sharia, X. Luo and J. K. Lee,
"Density functional theory of high-k dielectric gate stacks"
Microelectronics Reliability, 45, 686 (2007).
- O. Sharia, A. A. Demkov, G. Bersuker, and B. H. Lee,
"Theoretical study of the insulator/insulator interface:
Band alignment at the SiO2/HfO2
junction" Phys. Rev. B 75, 035306 (2007).
- Presentations:
- O. Sharia, A. A. Demkov, G. Bersuker, and B. H. Lee,
"On the role of aluminum incorporation at
the SiO2/HfO2 interface"
4th International Symposium on Advance Gate Stack Technology,
Dallas, TX, September 2007.
- O. Sharia, A. A. Demkov, G. Bersuker, H. L. Lee,
"Theoretical study of the insulator/insulator interface:
band alignment at the SiO2/HfO2
junction" American Physical Society meeting, Denver, Co, Marc 2007.
- O. Sharia, A. A. Demkov, G. Bersuker, H. L. Lee,
"Internal dielectric interface: SiO2-HfO2"
Materials Research Society meeting, San Francisco CA, April 2007.
- O. Sharia, A. A. Demkov, G. Bersuker, H. L. Lee,
"Theoretical study of the insulator/insulator interface"
3rd International Symposium on Advance Gate Stack Technology,
Austin, TX, September 2006.
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