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Current Transport and 1/f Noise Characteristics in Ferromagnetic Permalloy/n-type Ge Schottky Contacts

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The current transport mechanism in permalloy/n-type Ge Schottky diodes was studied over the temperature range from 200 to 400 K. At temperatures above 250 K, the forward current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the diode were ideal and obeyed the thermionic emission theory. Below 250 K, however, the recombination process was found to contribute to current transport. Similarly, in reverse bias, the thermionic emission mechanism appeared to dominate current transport at temperatures above 250 K, and the carrier generation mechanism dominated the reverse current below 250 K. A temperature-driven change in the current conduction mechanism from conduction dominated by low-barrier-height patches to conduction dominated by high-barrier-height regions suggests inhomogeneity in the Schottky barrier height. The barrier height inhomogeneity led to deviations in the Richardson constant from its theoretical value at lower temperatures. The room-temperature low-frequency noise measurements taken at different forward biases for the permalloy/n-type Ge Schottky diodes showed a 1/fγ dependence with a tight variation of γ between 1.20 and 1.31. The current dependence of the noise power spectral density exhibited a 1/f noise behavior, indicating the operation of the permalloy/n-type Ge Schottky diodes in the thermionic emission mode.

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    V. Janardhanam, I. Jyothi, Shim-Hoon Yuk, Kyu-Hwan Shim, Kee Young Lim & Chel-Jong Choi

  2. Department of Nano-Optical Engineering, Korea Polytechnic University, Siheung, 15073, Korea

    Sung-Nam Lee

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Janardhanam, V., Jyothi, I., Yuk, SH. et al. Current Transport and 1/f Noise Characteristics in Ferromagnetic Permalloy/n-type Ge Schottky Contacts. J. Korean Phys. Soc. 73, 605–611 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.73.605

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