Tunneling currents and two-body effects in quantum well and superlattice structures

15 July 1985

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 47 (2), 172-174
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.96252

Abstract

Direct current (dc) tunneling through a finite superlattice or quantum well structure is analyzed in an independent particle model. A correction is made to the Tsu–Esaki [Appl. Phys. Lett. 22, 562 (1973)] one-particle current expression. In addition, a two-body current term is found which can, in some cases, be of the same order of magnitude as the one-particle current terms of Tsu and Esaki.

Keywords

SUPERLATTICES
QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES
TUNNEL EFFECT
ONE−DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
POTENTIAL BARRIER
ELECTRIC CURRENTS

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Resonant tunneling through quantum wells at frequencies up to 2.5 THz
Applied Physics Letters, 1983
Tunneling in a finite superlattice
Applied Physics Letters, 1973

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