New type of electric oscillations in bistable resonant tunneling diodes

Authors
Glavin, BA Kochelap, VA Mitin, VV
Citation
Ba. Glavin et al., New type of electric oscillations in bistable resonant tunneling diodes, J APPL PHYS, 85(6), 1999, pp. 3359-3363
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00218979 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3359 - 3363
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(19990315)85:6<3359:NTOEOI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We studied a resonant tunneling diode with intrinsic bistability when high and low current states simultaneously occur in a certain voltage range. We have found a novel type of electric oscillation in the bistable resonant tu nneling diode. Under these oscillations one portion of the diode is in the high current state while the other is in the low current state. A periodic motion of the boundary between the high and low current regions gives rise to oscillations of the current in the external circuit. (C) 1999 American I nstitute of Physics. [S0021-8979(99)01206-2].