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It is found that ultrathin cesium and barium coatings radically change the electronic properties of the surface and the near-surface region of epitaxial n-GaN(0001) layers. A charge accumulation layer serving as a quasi-two-dimensional electronic channel is first formed by adsorption on the surface of a semiconductor. It is revealed that photoemission from the accumulation layer is excited by visible light from the transparency region of GaN and is characterized by a high quantum yield. It is found that the photoemission thresholds hν s and hν p for s-and p-polarized excitation are equal to each other and correspond to the work function. The lowest work function for Cs,Ba/n-GaN interfaces is observed at Cs or Ba coverages close to 0.5 monolayer. Two bands induced by the local interaction of cesium (barium) adatoms with gallium dangling bonds are detected in the electronic spectrum of surface states of Cs,Ba/n-GaN interfaces. An oscillation structure is observed in spectral dependences of the photoyield. This effect is new for photoemission. A model of the effect is proposed. It is found that electronic and photoemission properties of the interfaces correlate with the structural perfectness of the epitaxial n-GaN(0001) layers.
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Original Russian Text © G.V. Benemanskaya, G.E. Frank-Kamentskaya, N.M. Shmidt, M.S. Dunaevskiĭ, 2006, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 130, No. 3, pp. 506–515.
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Benemanskaya, G.V., Frank-Kamentskaya, G.E., Shmidt, N.M. et al. Charge accumulation layers and surface states in ultrathin Cs,Ba/n-GaN(0001) interfaces. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 103, 441–448 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776106090147
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