JOURNAL ARTICLE

Resonant Tunneling: Physics, New Transistors And Superlattice Devices

Federico CapassoSusanta SenA. Y. Cho

Year: 1987 Journal:   Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Vol: 0792 Pages: 10-10   Publisher: SPIE

Abstract

Recent advances in quantum well (QW) tunneling devices are discussed. These include resonant tunneling (RT) bipolar and field effect transistors; infrared lasers and detectors based on sequential RT and superlattice effective mass filters.

Keywords:
Superlattice Quantum tunnelling Optoelectronics Transistor Quantum well Physics Bipolar junction transistor Effective mass (spring–mass system) Laser Materials science Optics Quantum mechanics Voltage

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Topics

Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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