Emitter quantization and double hysteresis in resonant-tunneling structures: A nonlinear model of charge oscillation and current bistability

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 5644-5665

  Buot, F ^a   Zhao, P ^b   Cui, H ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000813314     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.5644     Document Type: Article

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