The Physics and Applications of Resonant Tunnelling Diodes

ISBN-13: 9780521432184 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 256 str.

Hiroshi Mizuta; Tomonori Tanoue

Opis

This book is the first to give a comprehensive description of the physics and applications of resonant tunneling diodes. The opening chapters of the book set out the basic principles of coherent tunneling theory. The authors describe in detail the effects of impurity scattering, femtosecond dynamics, non-equilibrium distribution, and intrinsic bistabilities. They review the applications of RTDs, such as in high-frequency signal generation and multi-valued data storage, and close the book with a chapter on the new field of resonant tunneling through laterally confined zero-dimensional structures. Covering all the key theoretical and experimental aspects of this active area of research, the book will be of great value to graduate students of quantum transport physics and device engineering, as well as to researchers in both these fields.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Introduction to resonant tunnelling in semiconductor heterostructures; 3. Scattering-assisted resonant tunnelling; 4. Femtosecond dynamics and non-equilibrium distribution of electrons in resonant tunneling diodes; 5. High-speed and functional applications of resonant tunnelling diodes; 6. Resonant tunnelling in low-dimensional double-barrier heterostructures; Index.