Two opposite hysteresis curves in semiconductors with mobile dopants

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 25, 2013, Pages

  Sung Lee, Jae ^a   Buhm Lee, Shin ^b   Kahng, Byungnam ^b   Won Noh, Tae ^b  

^a Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DOPANT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACE; REVERSE BEHAVIOR; ROTATING DIRECTION; SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY;

HYSTERESIS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84879874462     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4811556     Document Type: Article

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