Negative differential transconductance and nonreciprocal effects in a Y-branch nanojunction: High-frequency analysis

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 750-756

  Bednarz, Lukasz ^b   Rashmi, ^b   Simon, Pascal ^b   Huynen, Isabelle ^a,b   González, Tomás ^a,c   Mateos, Javier ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active; Gain; HF measurements; Nanotechnology; Negative differential conductance (NDC); Nonlinear; Room temperature; Two dimensional electron gas (2DEG); Y branch junction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON GAS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

HF MEASUREMENTS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE (NDC); ROOM TEMPERATURE; Y-BRANCH JUNCTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33751515097     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2006.885030     Document Type: Article

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