THz operation of self-switching nano-diodes and nano-transistors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5838, Issue , 2005, Pages 145-153

  Mateos, J ^a   Song, A M ^b   Vasallo, B G ^a   Pardo, D ^a   Gonzalez T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballistic transport; Monte Carlo simulation; Nanoscale rectifier; Terahertz devices

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; TRANSISTORS;

BALLISTIC TRANSPORT; NANOSCALE RECTIFIERS; SELF-SWITCHING DIODE (SSD); TERAHERTZ DEVICES;

DIODES;

EID: 28344435228     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.609126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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