Transport spectroscopy of single Pt impurities in silicon using Schottky barrier MOSFETs

J Phys Condens Matter. 2008 Sep 17;20(37):374125. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/37/374125. Epub 2008 Aug 26.

Abstract

We investigate low temperature electron transport in silicon Schottky barrier metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), which consist of PtSi metallic source/drain electrodes. Measurements are made on approximately 23 inversion layers and resonances attributed to single impurities close to the metal/semiconductor interface are observed. We ascribe these impurities to Pt atoms that have diffused into the semiconductor channel from the contacts.