Published April 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Current suppression induced by conduction-band discontinuity in Al/sub 0.35/Ga/sub 0.65/As-GaAs N-p heterojunction diodes

  • 1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

Description

Curent suppression in Al/sub 0.35/Ga/sub 0.65/As-GaAs N-p heterojunctions is observed experimentally. The data are explained by examining the carrier transport modified by electron accumulation in the interface potential notch resulting from the conduction-band discontinuity. In addition, it is found that the temperature dependent I-V measurements can be used to deduce the magnitude of ΔE/sub C/ at the junction interface

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Journal Title
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
4
Series
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
2261-2263
ISSN
0021-8979