The measurement of heterojunction band parameters and their spatial variation is of fundamental importance for the operation of heterostructure devices. Ballistic electron emission microscopy (BEEM) is a powerful, new low energy electron microscopy for imaging and spectroscopy of buried quantum objects and non-destructive local characterization of buried semiconductor heterostructures with nm resolution. We will present several new and novel applications of BEEM for semiconductor heterostructure characterization.
The use of scanning probe microscopies--such as Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy (BEEM) to study carrier transport through semiconductor heterostructures--is reviewed. The ability of BEEM to probe buried structures below the surface can be exploited to study heterostructure band-offsets and resonant tunneling through quantum structures. It will be shown that BEEM can serve as a powerful probe of the spectroscopy of such structures. The implications of such studies for research on quantum dots and the characterization of new optoelectronic materials will be discussed.
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Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices IV
22 January 2007 | San Jose, California, United States
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