ELECTROLUMINESCENCE OF BALLISTIC AND PHONON EMITTING ELECTRONS IN THE P-TYPE BASE OF ALGAAS/GAAS HBT STRUCTURES

被引:2
作者
FUKAI, YK
FURUTA, T
ISHIBASHI, T
机构
[1] NTT LSI Laboratories, Atsugi-shi Kanagawa, 243-01
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 2B期
关键词
ALGAAS/GAAS HBT; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; BALLISTIC ELECTRON; LO-PHONON; BALLISTIC MEAN FREE PATH;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.1208
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We investigate the transport behavior of high-energy ballistic electrons in the p-type region using Npn-Al-x Ga1-xAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT) with an abrupt emitter-base heterojunction. The observed electroluminescence spectra from the base region show several high-energy peaks that are associated with ballistic electrons and with LO-phonon emissions. By varying the emitter-collector voltage, the neutral base width can be modulated, leading to a change in spatial electron distributions and thus determining the mean free paths of ballistic electrons.
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页码:1208 / 1212
页数:5
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