The optical absorption due to surface states on ultrahigh vacuum cleaved Ge and Si surfaces has been directly measured. Results show an absorption extending to energies lower than the edge, which disappears when the cleaved surfaces are oxidized. Possible optical transitions giving rise to this absorption are discussed. It is concluded that the dominant processes are transitions between two bands of surface states located in the gap. Combining the present results with photoelectric data, the energy position of the surface bands in Si is given.
Optical absorption of surface states in ultrahigh vacuum cleaved (111) surfaces of Ge and Si / G., Chiarotti; Nannarone, Stefano; R., Pastore; P., Chiaradia. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B, SOLID STATE. - ISSN 0556-2805. - STAMPA. - 4:(1971), pp. 3398-3402. [10.1103/PhysRevB.4.3398]
Optical absorption of surface states in ultrahigh vacuum cleaved (111) surfaces of Ge and Si
NANNARONE, Stefano;
1971
Abstract
The optical absorption due to surface states on ultrahigh vacuum cleaved Ge and Si surfaces has been directly measured. Results show an absorption extending to energies lower than the edge, which disappears when the cleaved surfaces are oxidized. Possible optical transitions giving rise to this absorption are discussed. It is concluded that the dominant processes are transitions between two bands of surface states located in the gap. Combining the present results with photoelectric data, the energy position of the surface bands in Si is given.
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