Barrier height determination of Au/Oxidized GaAs/n-GaAs using ballistic electron emission spectroscopy

Barrier height determination of Au/Oxidized GaAs/n-GaAs using ballistic electron emission spectroscopy

Ballisticelectron emission spectroscopy (BEES) was used to determine the electron barrier height at the interface of Au and an oxidizedGaAs film. Two thresholds were observed in the spectra. In a two-step procedure, we identified the first threshold at ∼1.4 eV, which we show arose from electron-hole...

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Main Authors: Bosman, Michel, Ong, Beng Sheng, Chiam, Sing Yang, Pey, Kin Leong, Qin, Hailang, Liu, Zhiqiang, Troadec, Cedric, Goh, Johnson Kuan Eng
Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99331
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17845
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Ballisticelectron emission spectroscopy (BEES) was used to determine the electron barrier height at the interface of Au and an oxidizedGaAs film. Two thresholds were observed in the spectra. In a two-step procedure, we identified the first threshold at ∼1.4 eV, which we show arose from electron-hole pairs excited by photons emitted during scanning tunneling microscopy(STM), and the second threshold at ∼3.55 eV, which is attributed to the Au/oxidized-GaAs barrier. Our results demonstrate that the two-threshold behavior observed in BEES studies on metal/oxide samples is amenable to a physical model comprising of STMphotocurrent and a metal/oxide interface barrier.

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