Journal of Physical Studies 11(3), 294–297 (2007)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.11.294

COHERENT TUNNELING IN A SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM: DOUBLE BARRIER RESONANT-TUNNELING STRUCTURE BUILT IN THE SCHOTTKY BARRIER

S. D. Lin{1}, C. P. Lee{1}, V. V. Ilchenko{2}, D. I. Sheka{2}, O. V. Tretyak{2}, A. M. Korol{3}, I. V. Nosenko{3}

{1}Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University,
1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
{2}Faculty of Radiophysics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,
64, Volodymyrska St., Kyiv, Ukraine
{3}Department of Physics, National University for Food Technologies,
68, Volodymyrska St., Kyiv, Ukraine

Resonant-tunneling processesing electrons in a system consisting of the double-barrier resonant-tunneling structure built in the Schottky barrier are studied. It is shown that the coherent tunneling can take place in this system; both the transmission rates of electrons and the current-voltage characteristic are evaluated and analyzed for such a case. The theoretical results agree perfectly well with the data obtained from the especially performed experiment.

PACS number(s): 73.40.Gk

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