SELF-CONSISTENT MODEL FOR 2-DIMENSIONAL ACCUMULATION LAYER STATES IN RESONANT TUNNELING DEVICES

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FIIG, T [1 ]
JAUHO, AP [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COPENHAGEN,HC ORSTED INST,PHYS LAB,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN,DENMARK
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10.1063/1.106084
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We present a simple model which allows a simultaneous and self-consistent treatment of extended and size-quantized states in biased double-barrier systems. Our model preserves charge neutrality in the asymptotic regions, and the self-consistent charge density is free of unphysical cusps, found in simple screening models. We discuss the implications of the 2D emitter states to the current-voltage characteristics.
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