The authors have deposited Ge/Cu onto p-ZnSe epitaxial layers, and found th
at the specific contact resistance is 2 x 10(-4)Omega cm(2) after a simple
voltage stress. The authors have also deposited Ge3Cu/pt/Au onto p-ZnSe and
p-ZnMgSSe, and found that the specific contact resistance is 8 x 10(-5) Om
ega cm(2) and 3.8 x 10(-5) Omega cm(2) for the as-deposited Cu3Ge/Pt/Au con
tacts on top of the p-ZnSe and pZnMgSSe, respectively. It was also found th
at the Cu3Ge/Pt/Au on p-ZnSe is much more stable than the Cu3Ge/Pt/Au on p-
ZnMgSSe.