PEAK-TO-VALLEY CURRENT RATIOS AS HIGH AS 50-1 AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE IN PSEUDOMORPHIC IN0.53GA0.47AS/ALAS/INAS RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES

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SMET, JH [1 ]
BROEKAERT, TPE [1 ]
FONSTAD, CG [1 ]
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[1] MIT,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
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10.1063/1.351085
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Pseudomorphic In0.53Ga0.47As/AlAs/InAs resonant tunneling diodes with the highest peak-to-valley current ratios reported to date have been fabricated on InP substrates with molecular beam epitaxy. Peak-to-valley current ratios as high as 50:1 at 300 K are obtained. The majority of the devices on the sample have a peak-to-valley current ratio of 42 at 300 K and 85 at 77 K.
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