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Platinum silicide Schottky diodes formed on films of polycrystalline Si doped by phosphorus are demonstrated to be efficient and manufacturable CMOS-compatible temperature sensors for microbolometer detectors of radiation. Thin-film…
The small silicon chip of Schottky diode (0.8x0.8x0.4 mm3) with planar arrangement of electrodes (chip PSD) as temperature sensor, which functions under the operating conditions of pressure sensor, was developed. The forward I-V…
We characterize composition and structure of ultrathin nickel silicide during formation from 3 nm Ni films on Si(100) using in-situ high resolution ion scattering and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. We show the transition…
We report on the fabrication and temperature-dependent characterization of MOCVD-grown quasi-vertical AlN Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) on bulk AlN substrates. The SBDs exhibited high current densities exceeding 2 kA/cm2 at 10 V, with a…
We propose a polarization-insensitive and high-efficiency plasmonic silicon Schottky diode for detection of sub-bandgap photons in the optical communication wavelength range through internal photoemission. Our photodiode is based on a…
600V/20A 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) were fabricated to investigate the effect of key processing steps, especially before and after a formation of Schottky contact, on the electrical performances of SBD and on a long-term…
Cobalt silicide (CoSi2) islands have been formed by the deposition of thin films (~0.1 to 0.3 nm) of cobalt on clean Si(111) and Si(100) substrates in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) followed by annealing to ~880 degrees C. Conducting atomic force…
A comprehensive current-voltage (I-V) characterization is performed for three different Schottky contacts; Pt, Ni and Ti, to unintentionally doped (UID) \{beta}-(Al0.19Ga0.81)2O3 grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on \{beta}-Ga2O3 for…
A scheme is proposed to electrically measure the spin-momentum coupling in the topological insulator surface state by injection of spin polarized electrons from silicon. As a first approach, devices were fabricated consisting of thin…
We demonstrate the formation of semimetal graphite/semiconductor Schottky barriers where the semiconductor is either silicon (Si), gallium arsenide (GaAs) or 4H-silicon carbide (4H-SiC). Near room temperature, the forward-bias diode…
Ga2O3 Schottky barrier diodes featuring a field plate and a composite SiO2/SiNx dielectric layer beneath the field plate were fabricated, achieving a breakdown voltage of 2.4 kV at room temperature. Electrical performance and degradation…
Carbon nanotube Schottky diodes have been fabricated in an all-photolithographic process using dissimilar contact metals on high-frequency compatible substrates (quartz and sapphire). Diodes show near-ideal behavior, and rectify currents of…
The electrical behavior of Ni Schottky barrier formed onto heavily doped (ND>1019 cm-3) n-type phosphorous implanted silicon carbide (4H-SiC) was investigated, with a focus on the current transport mechanisms in both forward and reverse…
Realizing an optimal Schottky interface of graphene on Si is challenging, as the electrical transport strongly depends on the graphene quality and the fabrication processes. Such interfaces are of increasing research interest for…
Real time electron microscopy observation on morphological changes in gold nano structures deposited on Si (100) surfaces as a function of annealing temperatures has been reported. Two types of interfaces with the substrate silicon were…
The newly emerging class of atomically-thin materials has shown a high potential for the realisation of novel electronic and optoelectronic components. Amongst this family, semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are of…
We propose a hybrid device consisting of a graphene/silicon (Gr/Si) Schottky diode in parallel with a Gr/SiO2/Si capacitor for high-performance photodetection. The device, fabricated by transfer of commercial graphene on low-doped n-type Si…
Non-crystalline thin-film Schottky diodes are cost-effective but often exhibit unreliable electrical characteristics due to material imperfections. In this work, I present a Schottky diode structure utilizing in-situ grown Ta2O5 and ZnO…
We describe optical characterisation of a Strained Silicon Cold Electron Bolometer (CEB), operating on a $350~\mathrm{mK}$ stage, designed for absorption of millimetre-wave radiation. The silicon Cold Electron Bolometer utilises Schottky…
The low temperature electrical behavior of adjacent silicide/Si Schottky contacts with or without dopant segregation is investigated. The electrical characteristics are very well modeled by thermionic-field emission for non-segregated…