TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY OF RESONANT INTERBAND TUNNELING STRUCTURES

Authors
ALONZO AC COLLINS DA MCGILL TC
Citation
Ac. Alonzo et al., TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY OF RESONANT INTERBAND TUNNELING STRUCTURES, Solid state communications, 101(8), 1997, pp. 607-610
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Solid state communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00381098
Volume
101
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
607 - 610
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-1098(1997)101:8<607:TSORIT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report the first study of a resonant interband tunneling (RIT) stru cture using tunneling spectroscopy. Peaks in the tunneling spectra are shown to correspond to energies of acoustic phonons in the constituen t materials of the RIT. We conclude that these phonons are involved in inelastic tunneling through the structure and could play a role in de termining the overall form of the current-voltage characteristic. (C)1 996 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.