NOVEL TRANSPORT EFFECTS IN HIGH-BIAS BALLISTIC-ELECTRON-EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY

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LUDEKE, R
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[1] IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.214
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Pronounced structure at large biases in the ballistic-electron-emission-microscopy current for Cr/GaP(110) is attributed to density-of-states effects in GaP. Quasielastic scattering at the Cr-GaP interface appears vital for the effect. Impact ionization in the GaP is invoked to explain the unusually large collector currents that can exceed the injected STM tip current.
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