Conduction-band discontinuity in InGaP/GaAs measured using both current-voltage and photoemission methods

Abstract
Both current-voltage and photoemission measurements of the conduction-band discontinuity of the same InGaP/GaAs p-n heterojunction have been carried out. Interpretation of the current-voltage results using thermionic emission theory applied to a heterojunction bipolar transistor have resulted in a conduction-band offset value of 0.21 eV in the case of a compositionally abrupt junction. This figure has been confirmed by performing independent photoemission measurements on the same junction.