TUNNELING CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT MODELS FOR THE METAL-VACUUM-METAL BARRIER

被引:11
作者
GARCIA, R
机构
[1] Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada (C-III), Universidad Autnoma de Madrid, Ciudad Universitria de Canto Blanco
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1990年 / 42卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.42.5476
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Two different approaches for the one-dimensional metal-vacuum-metal interface potential are presented. They produce distinctive behaviors in the apparent-barrier-height dependence with the separation between electrodes. This suggests the measurement of the apparent barrier height as a method to discriminate between several models proposed for the metal-vacuum-metal barrier. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:5476 / 5480
页数:5
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