Observation of the bistable current-voltage characteristics in the highly doped multi-quantum well heterostructure

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 451-453

  Song, Chung Kun ^a   Kim, Do Hyun ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATHODES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMPACT IONIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ELECTRON CONFINEMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0032595857     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/55.784449     Document Type: Article

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