Origin of Schottky barriers in gold contacts on GaAs110.
Gold contacts on n-type GaAs(110) have been investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy in cross-sectional configuration. In spatially resolved current voltage spectroscopy the Schottky barrier potential is visible. We find signatures of delocalized gap states at the interface decaying into the semiconductor and observe a defect density at the interface below 3 x 10(13) cm(-2). Both findings support that the Fermi level pinning at the Au/GaAs(110) interface is dominated by metal-induced gap states.
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IV. Physikalisches Institut der Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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