Nanoscale potential distribution across multiquantum well structures: Kelvin probe force microscopy and secondary electron imaging
- 15 October 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 98 (8) , 084310
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2106011
Abstract
Ultrahigh vacuum cross-sectional Kelvin probe force microscopy has been used to characterize In 0.17 Ga As ∕ Ga As P 0.06 multiquantum well structures, together with secondary electronmicroscopy. Individual 8 nm quantum wells were well resolved in both methods, and were found to be in a good agreement with numerical simulations of the work function profile. It is shown that the surface potential contrast in the Kelvin probe force microscopymeasurements is greatly enhanced using deconvolution algorithms, and the reasons for the different contrast in the electron microscopy images are discussed.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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