Unusually strong space-charge-limited current in thin wires

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Talin, A Alec ^a   Léonard, François ^a   Swartzentruber, B S ^b   Wang, Xin ^c   Hersee, Stephen D ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CARRIER TRANSPORT; GALLIUM NITRIDE; PRESSURE DROP; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; WIRE;

DRAMATIC ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; GAN NANORODS; HIGH ASPECT RATIOS; NON-LINEAR BEHAVIORS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SPACE-CHARGE LIMITED CURRENTS; THIN WIRES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 49749089628     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.076802     Document Type: Article

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