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Electric-field distribution in a quantum superlattice with an injecting contact: exact solution [original Russian text]

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posted on 2017-03-29, 12:59 authored by V.A. Maksimenko, V.V. Makarov, Alexey A. Koronovskii, Alexander E. Hramov, R. Venckevicius, G. Valusis, Alexander BalanovAlexander Balanov, Feodor Kusmartsev, Kirill Alekseev
A very simple model describing steady-state electron transport along a quantum superlattice of a finite length taking into account an arbitrary electrical characteristic of the injecting contact is considered. In the singleminiband approximation, exact formulas for the spatial distribution of the electric field in the superlattice are derived for different types of contact. Conditions under which the field is uniform are identified. Analytical expressions for the current–voltage characteristics are obtained. In the context of the developed theory, the possibility of attaining uniform-field conditions in a diode structure with a natural silicon-carbide superlattice is discussed.

Funding

This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 14-12-00222). A.G.B. acknowledges support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, United Kingdom, grant no. EP/M016099/1).

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  • Science

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  • Physics

Published in

JETP Letters

Volume

103

Issue

7

Pages

465 - 470

Citation

MAKSIMENKO, V.A. ... et al., 2016. Electric-field distribution in a quantum superlattice with an injecting contact: exact solution. JETP Letters, 103 (7), pp. 465 - 470.

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Acceptance date

2016-03-01

Publication date

2016-06-15

Copyright date

2016

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The text in the file to download is the original article in Russian. Russian Text © V.A. Maksimenko, V.V. Makarov, A.A. Koronovskii, A.E. Hramov, R. Venckevičius, G. Valušis, A.G. Balanov, F.V. Kusmartsev, K.N. Alekseev, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2016, Vol. 103, No. 7, pp. 527–532.

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0021-3640

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1090-6487

Language

  • ru

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