Mechanism of current modulation by optic phonons in heterojunction tunneling experiments

Charles B. Hanna, E. S. Hellman, and R. B. Laughlin
Phys. Rev. B 34, 5475 – Published 15 October 1986
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Abstract

We explain recent observations of periodic structure in the tunneling currents of AlxGa1xAs heterojunctions in terms of inhomogeneous tunneling and polaron formation.

  • Received 2 April 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.34.5475

©1986 American Physical Society

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Charles B. Hanna

  • Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

E. S. Hellman

  • Stanford Electronics Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

R. B. Laughlin

  • Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550

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Vol. 34, Iss. 8 — 15 October 1986

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