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Variable Angle of Incidence Spectroscopic Ellipsometric Measurement of the Franz-Keloysh Effect in Modfet Structures†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

P. G. Snyder ,
J. E. Oh  and
J. A. Woollam
P. G. Snyder
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588–0511
J. E. Oh
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588–0511
J. A. Woollam
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588–0511
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Abstract

It has been shown recently that variable angle of incidence spectroscopie ellipsometry (VASE) is a sensitive technique for determining semiconductor multilayer model parameters, e.g. layer thicknesses and ternary compositions. In this paper we show that VASE is, in addition, sensitive to the Franz-Keldysh effect induced by band bending in the barrier layer of a GaAs-AlGaAs-GaAs (MODFET) structure. VASE measurements differ from electro-reflectance and photoreflectance, in that the internal heterojunction region electric field is directly probed, without the application of a modulating field. The Franz-Keldysh effect appears in the VASE spectra near the AlGaAs bandgap energy. Data for two samples, with different doping profiles, are quantitatively modeled to determine the internal electric field amplitudes.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 77: Symposium D – Interfaces, Superlattices, and Thin Films , 1986 , 761
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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Supported by NASA Lewis Grant NAG-3–154.

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