Traversal time in an asymmetric double-barrier quantum-well structure

Author

Anwar, A.F.M. ; Jahan, Mirza M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

Volume

31

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

1/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

7

Abstract

A study of traversal time for asymmetric double-barrier quantum-well structure (DBQWS) is presented. The calculations are self consistent in nature. The analysis shows that traversal time is affected more strongly by the width of the emitter barrier than that of the collector barrier of the structure in the presence of space charge. Bistability in traversal time is observed. Bistability becomes greater if the emitter barrier is made wider than the collector barrier and is explained in terms of space charge developed in the quantum well. However, a wider collector will dominate traversal time at zero bias, especially at eigen energy

Keywords

carrier mobility; optical bistability; semiconductor quantum wells; space charge; space-charge-limited conduction; asymmetric double-barrier quantum-well structure; bistability; collector barrier; eigen energy; emitter barrier; quantum well; self consistent; space charge; traversal time; Current-voltage characteristics; Electrons; Particle scattering; Poisson equations; Quantum mechanics; Quantum well devices; Quantum wells; Resonant tunneling devices; Space charge; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.341701

Filename

341701