SPIKING AT VERTICAL ELECTRICAL-TRANSPORT IN A HETEROSTRUCTURE DEVICE

被引:18
作者
WACKER, A
SCHOLL, E
机构
[1] Inst. fur Theor. Phys., Tech. Univ. Berlin
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10.1088/0268-1242/9/5S/052
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this work we present a new model describing the electrical transport in the heterostructure hot-electron diode. As in an earlier but less sophisticated approach, we find an interesting spatiotemporal behaviour of current filaments switching on and off (spiking). Comparison with a simple generic model indicates that spiking might be a generic mechanism for many types of devices exhibiting bistability.
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