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Accurate measurement of electric potentials in biased GaAs compound semiconductors by phase-shifting electron holography.
Microscopy 2018 November 18
The innate electric potentials in biased p- and n-type GaAs compound semiconductors and the built-in potential were successfully measured with high accuracy and precision by applying in situ phase-shifting electron holography to a wedge-shaped GaAs specimen. A cryo-focused-ion-beam system was used to prepare the 35°-wedge-shaped specimen with smooth surfaces for a precise measurement. The specimen was biased in a transmission electron microscope, and holograms with high-contrast interference fringes were recorded for the phase-shifting method. A clear phase image around the p-n junction was reconstructed even in a thick region (thickness of ~700 nm) at a spatial resolution of 1 nm and precision of 0.01 rad. The innate electric potentials of the unbiased p- and n-type layers were measured to be 12.96 ± 0.17 V and 14.43 ± 0.19 V, respectively. The built-in potential was determined to be 1.48 ± 0.02 V. In addition, the in situ biasing measurement revealed that the measured electric-potential difference between the p and n regions changed by an amount equal to the voltage applied to the specimen, which indicates that all of the external voltage was applied to the p-n junction and that no voltage loss occurred at the other regions.
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