Implementing spin functionalities in Si, and understanding the fundamental processes of spin injection and detection, are the main challenges in spintronics. Here we demonstrate large spin polarizations at room temperature, 34% in n-type and 10% in p-type degenerate Si bands, using a narrow Schottky and a SiO2 tunnel barrier in a direct tunneling regime. Furthermore, by increasing the width of ...

In this article we give an overview over the physical mechanisms involved in the electronic transport in ultrathinbody SOI Schottky-barrier MOSFETs. A strong impact of the SOI and gate oxide thickness on the transistor characteristics is found and explained using experimental as well as simulated data. We elaborate on the influence of scattering in the channel and show that for a significant ba...

We present a theoretical framework for the calculation of charge transport through nanowire-based Schottky-barrier field-effect transistors that is conceptually simple but still captures the relevant physical mechanisms of the transport process. Our approach combines two approaches on different length scales: (1) the finite element method is used to model realistic device geometries and to calc...

This article studies the sub-linearity of output characteristics measured in Schottky-barrier metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors with simulations and experiments. It is shown that not due to forward-biased Schottky diode at drain contact interface but bias impact on source-side Schottky-barrier, resulting an increased carrier injection increasing drain–source voltage. The simula...

The electrical nature of the nanoscale contact between metal nanodots and semiconductor rods has drawn significant interest because of potential applications for metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures in energy conversion or heterogeneous catalysis. Here, we studied the nanoscale electrical character of the Pt/CdSe junction in Pt/CdSe/Pt nanodumbbells on connected Au islands by conductive-pr...

We prove the existence and some properties of the limiting gap distribution for the directions of some Schottky group orbits in the Poincaré disk. A key feature is that the fundamental domains for these groups have infinite area.