Measurement of the Schottky barrier height between Ni-InGaAs alloy and In 0.53Ga 0.47As

Abstract

The temperature dependence of the current-voltage characteristics of Ni-InGaAs alloy Schottky contacts to n-In 0.53Ga 0.47As was measured. Nearly ideal plots with an ideality factor close to unity were obtained. The Arrhenius curve across the wide temperature range of 80-300 K was perfectly linear, yielding a barrier height of 0.239 ± 0.01 eV. This value is substantially larger than previously reported. Conventional metal based Schottky diodes did not exhibit an ideal Schottky behavior. The ideal Schottky diode characteristics are attributed to the lack of oxidation and contamination of the interface between Ni-InGaAs and InGaAs. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.