Potential pinch-off effect in inhomogeneous Au/Co/GaAs67P33(100)-schottky contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2559-2561

  Olbrich, Alexander ^a   Vancea, Johann ^a   Kreupl, Franz ^a   Hoffmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000492436     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119203     Document Type: Article

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