A novel interband-resonant tunneling diode (I-RTD) based high-frequency oscillator

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-266

  Woolard, Dwight ^a   Zhang, Weidong ^b   Gelmont, Boris ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Interband tunneling; Intrinsic instability; Resonant tunneling diodes; Terahertz oscillator; Type II heterostructures

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

INTERBAND TUNNELING; INTRINSIC INSTABILITY; RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES; TERAHERTZ OSCILLATOR; TYPE-II HETEROSTRUCTURES;

RESONANT TUNNELING;

EID: 9544238120     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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