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Resonant Interband Tunneling in Heterostructures
Author(s) -
de DiosLeyva M.,
LópezGondar J.,
Bruno A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221690209
Subject(s) - quantum tunnelling , transmission coefficient , heterojunction , condensed matter physics , electric field , resonance (particle physics) , physics , quantum well , transmission (telecommunications) , electronic band structure , function (biology) , field (mathematics) , quantum mechanics , mathematics , electrical engineering , laser , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology , engineering
A theoretical study of resonant interband tunneling in quantum well structures in the uniform‐field model (Zener model) is presented. The analysis is carried out in the framework of a simplified two‐band Kane's model. It is shown that the transmission coefficient, T ( E ), as a function of the electron energy exhibits a well defined resonant structure. Some interesting properties of T ( E ), as well as of the corresponding peak values and of the resonance energies, as a function of the well width and of the applied electric field are reported.