The W/Si(001) Schottky barrier height is mapped to nanoscale dimensions using BEEM over a period of 21 days to observe changes in the interface electrostatics. Initially the average spectrum is fit to a Schottky barrier height of 0.71 eV and the map is uniform with 98% of the spectra able to be fit. After 21 days, the average spectrum is fit to a Schottky barrier height of 0.62 eV and the spatial map changes dramatically with only 27% of the spectra able to be fit. Transmission electron microscopy shows the formation of an ultra-thin tungsten silicide at the interface which increases in thickness over the 21 days. This increase is attributed to an increase in electron scattering and the changes are observed in the BEEM measurements. Interestingly, little to no change is observed in the I-V measurements throughout the 21 day period.
The potential barrier height at the interface formed by a metal contact and multiple one-dimensional (1D) quasi-ballistic channels in field-effect transistors (FETs) is evaluated across different carbon nanotube and nanowire device technologies by means of a Landauer-Büttiker-based extraction methodology (LBM) adapted for multiple 1D-channels. The extraction methodology yields values for an effective Schottky barrier height and a gate coupling coefficient, an indicator of the device working at the quantum capacitance limit. The novel LBM-based approach embracing the mechanisms in 1D electronic…
We demonstrate the emergence of classical features in electronic quantum transport for the scanning gate microscopy response in a cavity defined by a quantum point contact and a micron-sized circular reflector. The branches in electronic flow characteristic of a quantum point contact opening on a two-dimensional electron gas with weak disorder are folded by the reflector, yielding a complex spatial pattern. Considering the deflection of classical trajectories by the scanning gate tip allows to establish simple relationships of the scanning pattern, which are in agreement with recent experiment…
Intertwined bulk photocarrier and interfacial barrier dynamics in van der Waals point-contact Schottky junctions
UNISOKU Co., Ltd.(UNISOKU有限公司);Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba(筑波大学理学院);Department of Fundamental Biosciences (Physics), Shiga University of Medical Science(滋贺医科大学基础生命科学系(物理));Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences(国立自然科学研究所分子科学研究所)
Schottky barrier inhomogeneities are expected at the metal/TMDC interface and this can impact device performance. However, it is difficult to account for the distribution of interface inhomogeneity as most techniques average over the spot-area of the analytical tool, or the entire device measured for electrical I-V measurements. Commonly used models to extract Schottky barrier heights (SBH) neglect or fail to account for such inhomogeneities, which can lead to the extraction of incorrect SBH and Richardson constants. Here, we show that a gaussian modified thermionic emission model gives the be…