Metal Contacts on Semiconductors.

Abstract

Experiments involving metal contacts on a number of semiconductors have continued during the last six months. Microscopic interactions of a range of metals with clean and oxidized indium phosphide surfaces have been investigated by soft X-ray photoemission and a substantial effort has been directed towards the interpretation of the obtained. We have concentrated, in particular, on the transition metals chromium, manganese and vanadium, and also on the alkali metal Na. The transition metals are all highly reactive with clean InP, and give a range of Schottky barriers between ohmic and 0.4 eV. We have also investigated Schottky barriers for thick films of these metals deposited on clean cleaved (110) InP surfaces, by I-V and C-V techniques. Indium phosphides. (mjm)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA195678

Entities

People

  • R. H. Williams

Organizations

  • Cardiff University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Gaps
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Crystals
  • Frequency
  • Heterojunctions
  • Light Sources
  • Metal Contacts
  • Metals
  • Raman Spectra
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Physics
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Transition Metals
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene