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Enhanced Photoyield with Decreasing Film Thickness on Metal-Semiconductor Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

V. Hoffmann ,
M. Brauer  and
M. Schmidt
V. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany, [email protected]
M. Brauer
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany, [email protected]
M. Schmidt
Affiliation:
Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany, [email protected]
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Abstract

Experimental results of the internal quantum yield Yi associated with the internal photoemission on Au/n-Si structures are presented. The samples were prepared on Si(100) and Si(111) substrates with photoemitter layer thicknesses ranging from 5 nm to 50 nm. The Yi was measured at temperatures between 165 K and 300 K with the photoexciting energy varying from 0.72 eV to 1.07 eV. It was found that the Yi increases with decreasing Au layer thickness with a strong enhancement (40 times) in regard to the conventional Fowler theory. This experimental result is in good agreement with model calculations taking account of hot carrier scattering in the photoemitter layer. Barrier energies are larger than deduced from the Fowler plot.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 448: Symposium M – Control of Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces , 1996 , 413
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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