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Beem Investigation of Oxide and Sulfide Passivated GaAs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

A. Alec Talin ,
R. Stanley Williams  and
Karen L. Kavanagh
A. Alec Talin
Affiliation:
UCLA Dept. of Chemistry/Solid State Science Center, Los Angeles, CA 90024–1569
R. Stanley Williams
Affiliation:
UCLA Dept. of Chemistry/Solid State Science Center, Los Angeles, CA 90024–1569
Karen L. Kavanagh
Affiliation:
UCSD Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, La Jolla, CA 92093–0407
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Abstract

Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy (BEEM) was used to investigate the effects of a sulfide interfacial layer on the electronic properties of the Au/n-GaAs interface. Two diodes were simultaneously prepared in UHV by evaporating Au onto (100)GaAs substrates which were either treated with (NH4)2S or NH4OH etching solutions prior to Au deposition. Auger electron spectroscopy was used in situ to monitor the surface chemical composition. The effective Schottky barrier (SB) height was measured with BEEM at 10 different locations on the surface of each diode. The (NH4)2S treatment increased the average barrier height and reduced the spread in the values, as compared to the contact formed on the NH4OH treated GaAs.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 281: Symposium D – Semiconductor Heterostructures for Photonic and Electronic Applications , 1992 , 653
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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