Faculty Publications
Ballistic Electron Transport Properties Across The Manganese/Silicon Interface
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
102
Issue
9
Abstract
Ballistic electron transmission is used to investigate electron transport across the Au/Mn/Si and Au/Si interfaces. The Au/Mn/Si spectra exhibit multiple threshold voltages above the Schottky barrier. The energetic spacing of these threshold voltages is found to vary with Mn thickness. These features are believed to be the result of resonant transport. Transmission calculations match the experimental data exceedingly well, but only when one accounts for reflections at the Au/Mn interface. Interestingly, scattering at the Mn/Si interface is over an order of magnitude less than at the Au/Si interface, suggesting a better matching of available states at the Mn/Si interface. © 2013 American Institute of Physics.
Department
Department of Physics
Original Publication Date
3-4-2013
DOI of published version
10.1063/1.4794867
Recommended Citation
Friend, B. E.; Wolter, E.; Kidd, T. E.; and Stollenwerk, A. J., "Ballistic Electron Transport Properties Across The Manganese/Silicon Interface" (2013). Faculty Publications. 1631.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/1631