Ballistic elecron emission microscopy of InAs/Ga1-xA1xAs relaxed heterostructure interfaces

Ke, Mao-long, Westwood, David, Matthai, Clarence Cherian and Richardson, Bernard E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9510-0455 1995. Ballistic elecron emission microscopy of InAs/Ga1-xA1xAs relaxed heterostructure interfaces. Materials Science and Engineering: B 35 (1-3) , pp. 349-352. 10.1016/0921-5107(95)01392-X

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Abstract

The barrier height of Au/InAs/AlGaAs as a function of AlAs content (x = 0–1.0) was measured using ballistic electron emission microscopy (BEEM). The InAs interlayer was introduced here to change the contact behaviour between Au and AlGaAs. The measured dependence of barrier height with Al content (x) was found to differ from that in the diret InAs/Ga1-xA1xAs contact. Also, the variation of barrier height over space was successfully recorded, which suggests the influence of local potentials (defects) upon local barriers. The STM image of the InAs surface revealed highly relaxed surface structures, which may explain the observed inhomogeneity of the InAs/Ga1-xA1xAs interface.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Heterostructures; Electron microscopy; Schottky barrier.
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0921-5107
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64960

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