Pressure dependence of Schottky barrier height at the Pt/GaAs interface

Abstract
The Schottky barrier height at the Pt/GaAs interface has been measured as a function of pressure using a diamond anvil cell. The Schottky barrier height was found to shift to higher energy with a linear pressure coefficient of 11 meV/kbar, which is equal to the pressure coefficient of the fundamental gap of GaAs and with a nonlinear coefficient of −0.26 meV/kbar2. These results are discussed in terms of defect models which have been proposed to explain the Fermi level pinning in Schottky barriers.