Investigation of the current injection properties of ohmic spikes in nanostructures

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 337-345

  Taylor, R P ^a,b   Newbury, R ^a,b   Sachrajda, A S ^a   Feng, Y ^a   Coleridge, P T ^a   Davies, M ^a   McCaffrey, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nanostructures; Ohmic contact; Phase coherence

Indexed keywords

CORBINO DISC; HALL BAR; PHASE COHERENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

ANNEALING; ELECTRON GAS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NICKEL ALLOYS; OHMIC CONTACTS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 0032303478     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1996.0273     Document Type: Article

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