ESTIMATION OF PHASE COHERENT LENGTH OF HOT-ELECTRONS IN GAINAS USING RESONANT-TUNNELING DIODES

被引:14
作者
KANG, YC
FURUYA, K
SUHARA, M
MIYAMOTO, Y
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Merugo-ku, Tokyo
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 12A期
关键词
RESONANT TUNNELING DIODE; PHASE COHERENT LENGTH; RESONANT LEVEL WIDTH; HOT ELECTRON; OMVPE; GAINAS/INP;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.6491
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The relationship between the resonant level width of resonant tunneling diodes (RTD) and the coherent length of electrons is investigated theoretically. The resonant level widths were measured using the second derivative of the J-V characteristics of GaInAs/InP RTDs. Measured data are compared with theory, and it is estimated that the coherent length of hot electrons is longer than 50 to 90 nm.
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页码:6491 / 6495
页数:5
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