Positron annihilation studies in the field induced depletion regions of metal-oxide-semiconductor structures
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 71 (11) , 5606-5609
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.350540
Abstract
The centroid shifts of positron annihilation spectra are reported from the depletion regions of metal‐oxide‐semiconductor (MOS) capacitors at room temperature and at 35 K. The centroid shift measurement can be explained using the variation of the electric field strength and depletion layer thickness as a function of the applied gate bias. An estimate for the relevant MOS quantities is obtained by fitting the centroid shift versus beam energy data with a steady‐state diffusion‐annihilation equation and a derivative‐gaussian positron implantation profile. Inadequacy of the present analysis scheme is evident from the derived quantities and alternate methods are required for better predictions.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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