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Yet, a standard Hall sensor retains two problems: its linearity is affected by the non-uniformity of the current distribution; the sensitivity is bias-dependent, with linearity decreasing with increasing bias current. In order to improve the performance, we here propose a novel structure which realizes bias-free, photo-induced Hall sensors. The system consists of a semi-transparent metal Pt and a semiconductor Si or GaAs to form a Schottky contact. We systematically compared the photo-induced Schottky behaviors and Hall effects without net current flowing, depending on various magnetic fields, light intensities and wavelengths of Pt\/GaAs and Pt\/Si junctions. The electrical characteristics of the Schottky photo-diodes were fitted to obtain the barrier height as a function of light intensity. We show that the open-circuit Hall voltage of Pt\/GaAs junction is orders of magnitude lower than that of Pt\/Si, and the barrier height of GaAs is smaller. It should be attributed to the surface states in GaAs which block the carrier drifting. This work not only realizes the physical investigations of photo-induced Hall effects in Pt\/GaAs and Pt\/Si Schottky junctions, but also opens a new pathway for bias-free magnetic sensing with high linearity and sensitivity comparing to commercial Hall-sensors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21093009","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,25]],"date-time":"2021-04-25T22:31:39Z","timestamp":1619389899000},"page":"3009","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Physical Investigations on Bias-Free, Photo-Induced Hall Sensors Based on Pt\/GaAs and Pt\/Si Schottky Junctions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6964-2453","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaolei","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China"}]},{"given":"Xupeng","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China"}]},{"given":"Shuainan","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China"}]},{"given":"Qianqian","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1922-2386","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tianrui","family":"Zhai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China"}]},{"given":"Jinliang","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China"}]},{"given":"Jinxiang","family":"Deng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6659-6618","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio","family":"Ruotolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Sciences, Florida Polytechnic University, 4700 Research Way, Lakeland, FL 33805, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,4,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"287","DOI":"10.2307\/2369245","article-title":"On a New Action of the Magnet on Electric Currents","volume":"2","author":"Hall","year":"1879","journal-title":"Am. 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