Abstract
Ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy, electron-energy-loss spectroscopy, Auger-electron spectroscopy, and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy were used to study the formation of Ag/GaSb(110) interfaces at room and low temperature. Interfaces formed at room temperature show extensive Ag clustering and some chemical redistribution due to interface disruption. A substantial reduction in adatom surface mobility and clustering is observed at low temperature. The resulting changes in surface Fermi-level (EF) movements, namely the overshoot of the EF position on p-type samples and the delayed EF movement on n-type samples, confirm earlier trends found on low-temperature GaAs. EF pinning is found to occur in a coverage range where metallicity appears in the overlayer.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5579-5587 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1989 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics