A compact model for the current-voltage characteristics of a single electron transistor in the resonant transport mode

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1599-1606

  Natori, Kenji ^a   Sano, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current map; Current voltage characteristics; Quantum dot; Resonant tunneling; SET; Single electron transistor

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; LOW TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CURRENT MAP; ELECTRON FLOW; RESONANT TRANSPORT MODE; RESONANT TUNNELING; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0033341150     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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