Avalanche breakdown in microscale VO2 structures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Zhong, Xing ^a   Zhang, Xueyu ^a   Gupta, Arunava ^a,b   Leclair, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE BREAKDOWN; DELAY TIME; EXCESS CARRIERS; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; INSULATING STATE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROMETER SCALE; PHASE CO-EXISTENCE; SIZE EFFECTS; SMALL SCALE; SWITCHING DELAY TIME; THERMAL DISSIPATION; THERMALLY DRIVEN; TIME-SCALES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEATING; JOULE HEATING; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 80655141496     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3654121     Document Type: Article

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