Self-sustained current oscillation above 100 GHz in a GaAs/AlAs superlattice

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2179-2181

  Schomburg, E ^a,c   Henini, M ^a   Chamberlain, J M ^a   Steenson, D P ^b   Brandl, S ^c   Hofbeck, K ^c   Renk, K F ^c   Wegscheider, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUBSTRATES; TUNNEL DIODES;

RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES (RTD); SELF-SUSTAINED CURRENT OSCILLATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0032620593     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123793     Document Type: Article

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