Barrier breakdown in multiple quantum well structure

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Gomez, Aurore ^a,b   Berger, Vincent ^a,b   Péré Laperne, Nicolas ^c   De Vaulchier, Louis Anne ^c  

^a ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; IONIZATION; LEAKAGE CURRENTS;

BARRIER BREAKDOWN; IONIZATION SHIFTS; QUANTUM TUNNELING; QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 44349132111     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2927472     Document Type: Article

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