Chemical and electrical properties of interfaces between deposited insulators and La2CuO4

Abstract
Metal‐insulator‐semiconductor capacitors have been fabricated using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of Si3N4 and SiO2 insulators on La2CuO4 semiconducting single crystals. Auger electron spectroscopy was used to characterize the insulator‐semiconductor interface after annealing at several temperatures. Copper segregation and oxygen out‐diffusion were observed and the Si3N4‐semiconductor interface was found to be more stable than the SiO2‐semiconductor one.