BEND-RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF MACROSCOPIC 4-TERMINAL DEVICES WITH A HIGH ELECTRON-MOBILITY

被引:12
作者
TARUCHA, S
SAKU, T
HIRAYAMA, Y
HORIKOSHI, Y
机构
[1] NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180, 3-9-11, Midori-cho
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 45卷 / 23期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.45.13465
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Bend-resistance characteristics are studied for four-terminal ballistic devices with a high electron mobility on a macroscopic scale of order 10-100-mu-m. The negative bend resistance induced by ballistic electron transport is quantitatively reproduced by the Landauer-Buttiker formula in the classical limit for various device sizes and electron densities. Using this formula, we determine the ballistic electron length as a function of electron density, which compares well with the elastic mean free path deduced from the electron mobility and electron density.
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页码:13465 / 13468
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