Electronic structure and conduction in a metal–semiconductor digital composite: ErAs:InGaAs
- 19 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 78 (12) , 1703-1705
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1355988
Abstract
We have grown epitaxial superlattice structures of layers of semimetallic ErAs particles embedded in an InGaAs matrix on (001) Fe-doped InP substrates. Temperature-dependent Hall measurements, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy were performed on the materials. The carrier mobility and the temperature dependence of the charge density imply conduction in the InGaAs matrix. We calculate an offset between the conduction-band minimum of the InGaAs matrix and the Fermi level of the ErAs particles that is strongly dependent on the amount of ErAs deposited. As the size of the ErAs particles increases, the Fermi level decreases from ∼0.01 eV above the InGaAs conduction-band edge to ∼0.2 eV below the InGaAs conduction-band edge and the electrical conduction properties change from metallic to semiconducting.Keywords
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