THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF NOISE CHARACTERISTICS OF DOUBLE-BARRIER RESONANT-TUNNELING SYSTEMS

被引:133
作者
CHEN, LY [1 ]
TING, CS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV HOUSTON,TEXAS CTR SUPERCONDUCT,HOUSTON,TX 77204
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 43卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.43.4534
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
A theory of noise characteristics of a double-barrier resonant-tunneling system is established. The noise-current power density has a Lorentzian form with a characteristic frequency given by the resonance-level broadening. The low-frequency characteristics which are dependent on structure parameters and bias voltage can be directly compared with experimental measurements.
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页码:4534 / 4537
页数:4
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