SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY OF SI-BASED HETEROSTRUCTURES

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作者
YU, ET [1 ]
JOHNSON, MB [1 ]
POWELL, AR [1 ]
HALBOUT, JM [1 ]
IYER, SS [1 ]
机构
[1] IBM CORP,DIV RES,THOMAS J WATSON RES CTR,YORKTOWN HTS,NY 10598
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1993年 / 11卷 / 03期
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10.1116/1.586830
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have used cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy to study the electronic properties of Si (001) p-n junctions and Si/Si1-xGex (001) strained-layer superlattices grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. Spectroscopic measurements on Si p-n junctions show a clear transition between p- and n-type Si, and variations in the band-edge energies can be detected with a spatial resolution of better than 100 angstrom. Cross-sectional STM measurements on Si/Si1-xGex superlattices show clear topographic contrast between the Si and Si1-xGex layers, and features such as band-edge discontinuities and band bending arising from doping can be seen in spectroscopic measurements across the superlattice structures.
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页码:1149 / 1153
页数:5
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