Demonstration of Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy / Spectroscopy on the Au/Si (001) system /

barrier heights.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drummond, Mary Alyssa, 1969-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
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Description
Summary:barrier heights.
been verified. BEEM is used to analyze the characteristics
capabilities of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) have
capabilities of BEEM are on a manometer scale. To use BEEM,
current model. Comparison between the barrier heights
electron emission microscopy and scanning tunneling
evaporated gold surface. The barrier heights of the diodes
high vacuum STM system and analyzed with BEEM. The ballistic
localized barrier heights to be higher than the macroscopic
low-noise Au/Si (001) Schottky diodes have been fabricated.
microscopy showed some correlation with the topography of the
obtained with BEEM and conventional I-V techniques showed the
of buried energy barriers and was developed as an extension
of scanning tunneling microscopy; hence, the analytical
properties using conventional current-voltage (I-V)
spectroscopy with the use of a simple one dimensional BEEM
techniques. The same diodes were then placed in an ultra-
The Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy (BEEM)
The diodes were macroscopically tested for their electrical
were extracted from the ballistic electron emission
Item Description:"Major subject: Electrical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 48 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Numerals are used in title.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.