PROPERTIES AND DEVICE APPLICATIONS OF DEEP QUANTUM-WELL RESONANT TUNNELING STRUCTURES

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作者
MEHDI, I
MAINS, RK
HADDAD, GI
REDDY, UK
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[1] Center for High-Frequency Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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10.1016/0039-6028(90)90343-7
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A self-consistent quantum mechanical simulation is used to study the effects of doping, spacer layers, barrier height, barrier width and well doping on the bound state and bound state charge in a deep quantum well resonant tunneling structure. Experimental results for the GaAs and InP heterostructure material system are presented. Finally various device applications, such as microwave video detectors, charge transfer devices, and three terminal devices are proposed. © 1990.
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页码:426 / 429
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