1. Simplifying Nanowire Hall Effect Characterization by Using a Three-Probe Device Design.
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Hultin, Olof, Otnes, Gaute, Samuelson, Lars, and Storm, Kristian
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ELECTRIC properties of nanowires , *HALL effect , *EXTRACTION (Chemistry) , *SIMULATION methods & models , *DOPING agents (Chemistry) - Abstract
Electrical characterization of nanowires is a time-consuming and challenging task due to the complexity of single nanowire device fabrication and the difficulty in interpreting the measurements. We present a method to measure Hall effect in nanowires using a three-probe device that is simpler to fabricate than previous four-probe nanowire Hall devices and allows characterization of nanowires with smaller diameter. Extraction of charge carrier concentration from the three-probe measurements using an analytical model is discussed and compared to simulations. The validity of the method is experimentally verified by a comparison between results obtained with the three-probe method and results obtained using four-probe nanowire Hall measurements. In addition, a nanowire with a diameter of only 65 nm is characterized to demonstrate the capabilities of the method. The three-probe Hall effect method offers a relatively fast and simple, yet accurate way to quantify the charge carrier concentration in nanowires and has the potential to become a standard characterization technique for nanowires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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