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Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy Investigation of the Strained Si1−xGex-on-Si Band Offsets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Abstract
The band offsets and band gap are the most important parameters that determine the electrical and optical behavior of a heterojunction. In situscanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) was employed to measure the valence band offset of strained Si1−xGex-on-Si (100) for the first time. The valence band offsets of strained Si0.77Ge0.23and Si0.59Ge0.41on Si(100) are found to be 0.21eV and 0.36eV, respectively. The results are in good agreement with theory and with results from other experimental methods. Due to band bending and surface states, it is difficult to determine the conduction band edge at the interface of Si1−xGex/Si exactly, but the conduction band offset is found to be much smaller than the valence band offset
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