RESONANT PEAKS IN THE TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENT OF COMPOSITIONALLY NONABRUPT GAAS/ALXGA1-X AS HETEROJUNCTIONS

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FREIRE, VN
AUTO, MM
FARIAS, GA
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10.1016/0749-6036(92)90355-9
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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The transmission coefficient of compositionally nonabrupt GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs heterojunctions is calculated. A linear aluminium molar fraction variation in the interface width l is assumed. Numerical results are obtained for electrons and holes, corresponding to observed transmission resonant peaks for l as short as two GaAs lattice parameters. © 1992.
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