High-frequency self-sustained current oscillation in an Esaki-Tsu superlattice monitored via microwave emission

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 218, Issue 3-6, 1996, Pages 349-353

  Hofbeck, K ^a   Grenzer, J ^a   Schomburg, E ^a   Ignatov, A A ^a,d   Renk, K F ^a   Pavel'ev, D G ^b   Koschurinov, Yu ^b   Melzer, B ^c   Ivanov, S ^c   Schaposchnikov, S ^c   Kop'ev, P S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS OF MICROSTRUCTURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bloch oscillations; Bragg reflection; Current oscillation; Esaki Tsu superlattice; Microwave radiation; Space charge instabilities

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER OPTICS; MICROWAVES;

BLOCH OSCILLATIONS; BRAGG REFLECTION; CHARGE INSTABILITIES; CURRENT OSCILLATION; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; GAAS/ALAS SUPERLATTICE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE; SELF-SUSTAINED CURRENT OSCILLATIONS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 0042124888     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00367-2     Document Type: Article

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