中国物理B ›› 2008, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (4): 1472-1474.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/4/054

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Influence of spacer layer thickness on the current-voltage characteristics of pseudomorphic AlAs/In0.53Ga0.47As/InAs resonant tunnelling diodes

张杨1, 朱战平1, 王保强1, 曾一平1, 韩春林2, 高建峰3   

  1. (1)Novel Materials laboratory，Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100083, China; (2)State Key laboratory of Monolithic Integrated Circuit and Modules, Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute, CETC, Nanjing 210016, China; (3)State Key laboratory of Monolithic Integrated Circuit and Modules, Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute, CETC, Nanjing 210016, China
  • 收稿日期:2007-06-06 修回日期:2007-08-29 出版日期:2008-04-20 发布日期:2008-04-01

Influence of spacer layer thickness on the current-voltage characteristics of pseudomorphic AlAs/In0.53Ga0.47As/InAs resonant tunnelling diodes

Zhang Yang(张杨)a)†, Han Chun-Lin(韩春林)b), Gao Jian-Feng(高建峰)b),Zhu Zhan-Ping(朱战平)a), Wang Bao-Qiang(王保强)a), and Zeng Yi-Ping(曾一平)a)   

  1. a Novel Materials laboratory，Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100083, China; b State Key laboratory of Monolithic Integrated Circuit and Modules, Nanjing Electronic Devices Institute, CETC, Nanjing 210016, China
  • Received:2007-06-06 Revised:2007-08-29 Online:2008-04-20 Published:2008-04-01

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摘要： This paper investigates the dependence of current--voltage characteristics of AlAs/Insub>0.53Ga0.47As/InAs resonant tunnelling diodes (RTDs) on spacer layer thickness. It finds that the peak and the valley current density J in the negative differential resistance (NDR) region depends strongly on the thickness of the spacer layer. The measured peak to valley current ratio of RTDs studied here is shown to improve while the current density through RTDs decreases with increasing spacer layer thickness below a critical value.

关键词: resonant tunnelling diode, molecular beam epitaxy

Abstract: This paper investigates the dependence of current--voltage characteristics of AlAs/In0.53Ga0.47As/InAs resonant tunnelling diodes (RTDs) on spacer layer thickness. It finds that the peak and the valley current density J in the negative differential resistance (NDR) region depends strongly on the thickness of the spacer layer. The measured peak to valley current ratio of RTDs studied here is shown to improve while the current density through RTDs decreases with increasing spacer layer thickness below a critical value.

Key words: resonant tunnelling diode, molecular beam epitaxy

中图分类号:  (Junction diodes)

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