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THE thickness h of the barrier layer in the barrier-layer rectifiers has been deduced from electrical capacity measurements by several authors. Schottky and Waibel (1932) gave the value 10-5–10-6 cm. ; Dowling and Place, ≈ 10-4 cm. More recently, Waibel (1936) gives values as high as 10-3 cm. With such high values of h, Mott‘s theory gives the true direction of rectification.
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PERUCCA, E., DEMICHELIS, F. New Method for the Measurement of the Thickness of the Barrier Layer in Rectifiers. Nature 163, 21–22 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163021a0
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