Raman scattering study of surface barriers in GaAs passivated in alcoholic sulfide solutions

Abstract
Raman scattering has been used to study the variation of surface barriers in GaAs due to sulfur passivation in solutions of ammonium sulfide [(NH4)2S] in different alcohols (ethanol, isopropanol, and tert-butanol). It has been found that the surface barrier height and the depletion layer width decrease considerably with the decrease of the dielectric constant of the passivating solution.