Edge effects in a gated submicron resonant tunneling diode

作者: P. H. Beton , M. W. Dellow , P. C. Main , T. J. Foster , L. Eaves

DOI: 10.1063/1.106949

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摘要: We have investigated the current‐voltage [I(V)] characteristics of a gated GaAs/(AlGa)As resonant tunneling diode. As negative gate voltage is progressively increased I(V) becomes asymmetric. In particular peak‐to‐valley ratio in forward bias decreased from ≂20 to ≂1, but reverse remains constant ≂20. This arises lateral variation drop across emitter tunnel barrier, which leads smearing resonance. discuss relationship between our experiment and low ratios two‐terminal submicron diodes observed by other groups.

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