ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTION DURING RESONANT-TUNNELING THROUGH A DOUBLE-BARRIER HETEROSTRUCTURE

被引:8
作者
FIGIELSKI, T [1 ]
MAKOSA, A [1 ]
WOSINSKI, T [1 ]
HARNESS, PC [1 ]
SINGER, KE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MANCHESTER,INST SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT ELECT ENGN & ELECTR,MANCHESTER M60 1QP,LANCS,ENGLAND
关键词
QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TUNNELING; ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS;
D O I
10.1016/0038-1098(94)90012-4
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
We investigated thoroughly the current-voltage characteristic and the differential conductance of AlGaAs-based resonant-tunneling diodes. We have revealed a fine oscillatory structure of the broad plateau beyond the main resonance peak, displaying a period of 36 mV. We argue that this plateau represents a convolution of several satellite peaks resulting from the resonant tunneling via coupled electron-phonon states in the quantum well.
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页码:913 / 917
页数:5
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