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Simulation Design and Device Characteristics of AlAs/GaAs/AlAs Resonant Tunneling Structures with a GalnAs Emitter Spacer Layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Y. W. Choi ,
H. M. Kim  and
C. R. Wie
Y. W. Choi
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and III-V Semiconductor Materials and Devices Laboratory, Bonner Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260
H. M. Kim
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and III-V Semiconductor Materials and Devices Laboratory, Bonner Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260
C. R. Wie
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and III-V Semiconductor Materials and Devices Laboratory, Bonner Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260
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Abstract

Electrical and structural investigation of AlAs/GaAs/AlAs resonant tunneling structures with pseudomorphic strained Ga1−xInxAs (x=0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2) emitter spacer layer are presented. As indium composition increased, the peak current density, peak voltage, and peak to valley ratio increased. For a theoretical understanding of these increases, a self-consistent simulation was employed. In the simulation, we treated the 2-dimensional electrons confined in the low energy bandgap GalnAs emitter spacer well as pseudo-3-dimensional electrons, distributed continuously down to the emitter launching energy. In the simulation, we used the bottom energy of the pseudo-3-dimensional electrons to be ⅔δEc below the emitter conduction band edge. Using the above values, an excellent agreement of peak current density and peak voltage between the experiment and the simulation was achieved. Also, for structural identification, standard double crystal x-ray rocking curve technique has been used. From the interference analysis of the x-ray results, we could obtain the indium composition times thickness product.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 240: Symposium E – Advanced III-V Compound Semiconductor Growth, Processing and Devices , 1991 , 627
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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