Abstract
Ballistic electron emission microscopy (BEEM) was performed to obtain nanoscale current versus bias characteristics of non-epitaxial Au on p-type GaAs in order to accurately measure the local Schottky barrier height. Hole injection BEEM data was averaged from thousands of spectra for various metal film thicknesses and then used to determine the attenuation length of the energetic charge carriers as a function of tip bias. We report the marked increase in attenuation length at biases near the Schottky barrier, providing evidence for the existence of coherent BEEM currents in Schottky diodes. These results provide additional evidence against the randomization of a charge carrier's momentum at the metal-semiconductor interface.
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