A nonlinear transport device with no intrinsic threshold

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 269-272

  Song, A M ^a,c   Manus, S ^a   Streibl, M ^a   Lorke, A ^a   Kotthaus, J P ^a   Wegscheider, W ^b   Bichler, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ballistic transport; Nonlinearity; Rectification; Threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346335938     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1998.0646     Document Type: Article

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