Electron transport and velocity oscillations in a carbon nanotube

被引:56
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作者
Akturk, Akin [1 ]
Pennington, Gary
Goldsman, Neil
Wickenden, Alma
机构
[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[2] Army Res Lab, Adelphi, MD 20793 USA
关键词
carbon nanotubes; electron transport; Monte Carlo methods; terahertz oscillations; PHONON-SCATTERING; MONTE-CARLO; TRANSISTORS; MOBILITY;
D O I
10.1109/TNANO.2007.896968
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report Monte Carlo (MC) simulation results showing applied bias dependent spatial velocity oscillations for semiconducting single-walled zig-zag carbon nanotubes (CNTs). MC simulations show velocity oscillations in CNTs at different lengths due to high scattering rates associated with optical phonon emissions in the one-dimensional CNT system. The frequencies of these oscillations are as high as 30 THz. In addition, we investigate average ensemble electron velocities as a function of tube length.
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页码:469 / 474
页数:6
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