Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7839399 | Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena | 2018 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
Metal-insulator-metal nanostructures with a 50â¯nm silver film and a 30â¯nm aluminum film separated by a few nanometer insulator layer (aluminum oxide) are irradiated with a focused eâ-beam (diameter â¤500â¯Î¼m) with kinetic energies in the range of 75-1000â¯eV. Impact angle and energy dependence of the eâ-beam induced electron emission from oxide covered aluminum and from silver show a good coincidence with previous results. The eâ-beam induced internal device current measured between the aluminum and the silver film, on the other hand, is found to be independent of the primary electron energy and impact angle. The results suggest that external electron emission may have to be included in the interpretation of the internal transport currents.
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Authors
Mario Marpe, Andreas Wucher, Detlef Diesing,