Influence of the shape of the electrodes on the tunnel current

Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur (Kharkov)

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 970-977

  Keijsers, R J P ^a   Voets, J ^a   Shklyarevskii, O I ^a,b   Van Kempen, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b B VERKIN INSTITUTE FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GOLD; IRIDIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; PLATINUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; STABILITY;

ELECTRODE SHAPE; ELECTRODE SPACING; EXPONENTIAL BEHAVIOR; TUNNEL CURRENT; TUNNEL RESISTANCE;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 0032184177     PISSN: 01326414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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