In:
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena, American Vacuum Society, Vol. 12, No. 4 ( 1994-07-01), p. 2440-2442
Abstract:
Amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H) based pn-doping superlattices grown by radio-frequency-plasma deposition onto crystalline Si substrates were cleaved in air according to the crystallographic orientation of the substrate material. Their cross-sectional face is investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and scanning force microscopy (SFM). With constant current STM in a dry nitrogen ambient at atmospheric pressure tip deflections due to the pn-superlattice periodicity are observed. With contact mode SFM in air only the transition from the substrate to the superlattice thin film but no periodic structure is resolved. A model calculation suggests that the apparent periodic height variation in constant current STM is due to a difference between p- and n-type doped layers in their density of accessible states for tunneling.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1071-1023
,
1520-8567
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Vacuum Society
Publication Date:
1994
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3117333-0
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1475429-0
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