Direct Measurement of the Electrical Abruptness of a Nanowire p-n Junction.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Electrostatic potential maps of GaAs nanowire, p-n junctions have been measured via off-axis electron holography and compared to results from in situ electrical probing, and secondary electron emission microscopy using scanning electron microscopy. The built-in potential and depletion length of an axial junction was found to be 1.5 ± 0.1 V and 74 ± 9 nm, respectively, to be compared with 1.53 V and 64 nm of an abrupt junction of the same end point carrier concentrations. Associated with the switch from Te to Zn dopant precursor was a reduction in GaAs nanowire diameter 3 ± 1 nm that occurred prior to the junction center (n = p) and was followed by a rapid increase in Zn doping. The delay in Zn incorporation is attributed to the time required for Zn to equilibrate within the Au catalyst.