ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Internal photoemission is a photoelectric characterization technique commonly used to study semiconductor heterojunction characteristics. Previous analyses of internal photoemission including those of Fowler, Kane, and Powell have been well accepted and applied; however, the quantum effects were not fully taken into account. We examined the quantum effects on internal photoemission spectra and found that the photoemission yield, Y(hν), is proportional to (hν−ET)γ, where hν is the photon energy, ET is the threshold energy, and γ is a constant determined by the emitter density of states, the transmission probability, and the collector conduction band density of states, respectively. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.362522
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