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- Bryllert, Tomas, et al.
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Designed emitter states in resonant tunneling through quantum dots
- 2002
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Ingår i: Applied Physics Letters. - : AIP Publishing. - 0003-6951 .- 1077-3118. ; 80:15, s. 2681-2683
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Resonant tunneling through a single layer of self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) is compared to tunneling through two layers of vertically aligned (stacked) dots. The difference can be viewed as going from a two-dimensional emitter to a zero-dimensional emitter. The temperature dependence of current peaks originating in tunneling through individual QDs and individual stacks is used to clarify this point. In addition, we show that the statistical size distribution of self-assembled quantum dots causing the inhomogeneous broadening in luminescence experiments can be analyzed in a resonant tunneling experiment. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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- Bryllert, Tomas, et al.
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Resonant tunneling through coupled self-assembled quantum dots and the influence of inhomogeneous broadening
- 2002
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Ingår i: 7th International Conference on Nanometer-Scale Science and Technology and 21st European Conference on Surface Science.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Resonant tunneling through a single layer of self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) as well as tunneling through two layers of vertically aligned (stacked) dots is investigated. The difference between single and double layers of QDs can be viewed as going from a two-dimensional emitter to a zero-dimensional emitter. By fabricating small-area devices we are able to probe single stacks of quantum dots, revealing details of the coupling between the stacked dots. Very sharp resonances, with peak-to-valley ratios of several hundred, have been measured in the current-voltage characteristics. We also show that the statistical size distribution of self-assembled quantum dots causing the inhomogeneous broadening in luminescence experiments can be analysed in a resonant tunneling experiment
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- Gustafson, Boel, et al.
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Coupling between lateral modes in a vertical resonant tunneling structure
- 2002
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Ingår i: Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures. - 1386-9477. ; 13:2-4, s. 950-953
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present experimental results and theoretical calculations of the vertical electron transport through a laterally constricted resonant tunneling transistor. Current-voltage measurements at 4.2 K show numerous current peaks that exhibit a complex dependence on the applied gate voltage. A scattering-matrix approach combined with the Landauer formalism was used to perform quantum mechanical calculations of the electron transport through a quantum dot structure with laterally confined emitter and collector regions. The simulations qualitatively reproduce the measured data, suggesting a strong coupling between the lateral modes in the quantum dot and the collector
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- Gustafson, Boel
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Resonant Tunneling in Laterally Confined Quantum Structures
- 2001
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In the thesis, three-dimensionally confined resonant tunneling structures were studied experimentally. Two approaches were used for obtaining quantum confinement: gate-defined lateral constriction of double barrier structures, and epitaxial growth of self-assembled quantum dots. In addition, the thesis deals with the basic development of large-area double barrier resonant tunneling diodes, as a starting point for more advanced quantum dot structures. Large area double barrier resonant tunneling diodes in several material systems were investigated: GaAs/Ga0.5In0.5P, GaAs/GaAs0.2P0.8, GaAs/GaP, and Ga0.5In0.5As/InP. Emphasis was placed on GaInP/GaAs structures, which were optimized in terms of well width and of doping concentration. Gate-defined lateral confinement was achieved by a buried metal gate positioned 30 nm above a GaInP/GaAs double barrier. The Schottky depletion from the metal directs the current to a designed opening in the gate. The opening constitutes a conducting channel through the depleted semiconductor, where an applied gate voltage alters the effective width of the channel. Room-temperature transistor action was measured in structures with large opening area, and multiple current peaks in the low-temperature current-voltage characteristics of small-area devices indicate that lateral quantum confinement was achieved. The gate and magnetic-field dependence of the features obtained showed qualitative agreement with calculations performed on a coupled 1D-0D-1D quantum system. Low-temperature electron transport through self-assembled InAs dots in InP barriers showed several distinct current peaks. Utilizing As/P exchange reactions on the InP surface, extremely low dot densities (N=4e6 cm-2) was achieved, corresponding to approximately 150 quantum dots in a macroscopic mesa structure. Transport through single- and double-dot layers have been investigated. In the stacked samples, a peak-to-valley ratio of 85 was obtained.
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- Lind, Erik, et al.
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Tunneling spectroscopy of a quantum dot through a single impurity
- 2003
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Ingår i: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics). - 1098-0121. ; 68:3, s. 4-4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A single impurity inside a resonant tunneling diode is used to perform tunneling spectroscopy on an adjacent electrostatically defined vertical quantum dot. This results in tunneling between two zero-dimensional systems, measured as a set of sharp peaks in the current-voltage spectrum for finite bias. Magnetic-field-dependent measurements show that the angular momentum of the tunneling electrons is conserved during the tunneling process. Both ground and excited states are probed. The effect of temperature is also investigated, exhibiting a peak broadening that is smaller than 1 kT.
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- Sass, T, et al.
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Strain in GaP/GaAs and GaAs/GaP resonant tunnelling heterostructures
- 2003
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Ingår i: Journal of Crystal Growth. - 0022-0248. ; 248, s. 375-379
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We studied the morphology of GaP/(001)GaAs and GaAs/(001)GaP heterostructures grown by metal-organic vapour-phase epitaxy and found wire-like surface undulations elongated in the [110] direction. We attribute this elongation to anisotropic lateral growth rates in the [110] and [110] directions, which are due to a different roughness of monolayer surface steps. In III-V materials grown by molecular beam epitaxy. such surface corrugations are usually elongated in [110]. We explain this difference by the two growth methods having inverted ratios of lateral growth rates in [110] and [110]. Resonant tunnelling diodes fabricated from the GaP/GaAs heterostructures showed very symmetric I-V characteristics. Their peak-to-valley ratio was limited to 2. most probably due to the corrugation of the GaP barriers. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Wernersson, Lars-Erik, et al.
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Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy-grown GaP/GaAs/GaP and GaAsP/GaAs/GaAsP n-type resonant tunnelling diodes
- 2002
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Ingår i: Applied Physics Letters. - : AIP Publishing. - 0003-6951 .- 1077-3118. ; 80:10, s. 1841-1843
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have studied GaP/GaAs/GaP and GaAsxP1-x/GaAs/GaAsxP1-x double-barrier resonant tunnelling diodes grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy. We find that GaP tensile strained barriers in GaP/GaAs/GaP diodes may be grown with a barrier thickness below the critical thickness of about 12 monolayers. However, a corrugation of the strained barrier is observed by transmission electron microscopy. This variation may explain the low peak-to-valley ratio of the diodes (about 2). In contrast, GaAsxP1-x/GaAs/GaAsxP1-x resonant tunnelling diodes have been grown with a homogeneous thickness of the barriers, consequently showing a substantially improved electrical performance compared to the GaP diodes with peak-to-valley ratios >5.
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- Wernersson, Lars-Erik, et al.
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Thin layers of GaInP, GaP and GaAsP in metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy-grown resonant tunnelling diodes
- 2002
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Ingår i: Applied Surface Science. - 1873-5584. ; 190:1, s. 252-257
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have studied the epitaxial growth and electrical performance of Al-free, GaAs-based, resonant tunnelling diodes (RTDs) including thin barriers of GaInP, GO, or GaAsxP1-x. n-Type tunnelling diodes have been fabricated and the symmetry in the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics, as well as the peak-to-valley ratios, are found to be sensitive probes for the inter-face quality in the heterostructures. For GaInP RTDs, we show that the introduction of Gap intermediate layers is crucial for the realisation. of a useful tunnelling current. RTDs including thin barriers (less than about 10 monolayers (ML)) of Gap are realised, but the strong mismatch between the materials limit the useful thickness. Finally, RTDs with GaAslambdaP1-x alloys are fabricated showing the best peak-to-valley ratio of the diodes (about 5), as well as a symmetric I-V characteristics. The electrical data are further compared to studies by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in the various material systems.
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