Title :
A note on heterojunction discontinuities
fDate :
3/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Recently, an analytic proof has been advanced to the effect that the intrinsic Fermi level of a heterojuntion is by necessity continuous across the interface joining two different semiconductors. Here we wish to show that the proof given is incorrect and that the solution of Poisson´s equation for an intrinsic heterojunction on which the proof was based, does not yield any information on possible continuities or discontinuities of the intrinsic Fermi level.
Keywords :
Boundary conditions; Charge carrier processes; Dielectric constant; Heterojunctions; Integral equations; Photonic band gap; Poisson equations;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/EDL.1985.26068